AMD Radeon R9 280X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Tahiti | TU104 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Tahiti XTL (215-0821065) | TU104-410-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Turing |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 13,600 million |
| Die size | 352 mm² | 545 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Unknown | Jul 9th, 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | GeForce 20 |
| Production | End-of-life | Active |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | GeForce 10 |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | GeForce 30 |
| Launch price | — | 499 USD |
| Reviews | — | 78 in our database |
Clocks
| Base clock | 950 MHz | 1605 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1000 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Memory clock | 1500 MHz 6 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 3 GB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2048 | 2560 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 128 | 160 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Compute units | 32 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 768 KB | 4 MB |
| SM count | — | 40 |
| Tensor cores | — | 320 |
| RT cores | — | 40 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 32.00 GPixel/s | 113.3 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 128.0 GTexel/s | 283.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4.096 TFLOPS | 9.062 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 1,024 GFLOPS (1:4) | 283.2 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 18.12 TFLOPS (2:1) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 315 mm 12.4 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 375 W | 215 W |
| Suggested PSU | 750 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 6x mini-DisplayPort | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C |
| Power connectors | 3x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | C386 | PG180 SKU 12 |
| Width | — | 116 mm 4.6 inches |
| Height | — | 35 mm 1.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 7.5 |
