GeForce RTX 2070 vs GTX 690

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 690 and GeForce RTX 2070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 690
2012
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 GDDR5, 300 Watt
14.29

RTX 2070 outperforms GTX 690 by a whopping 193% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking36294
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.4533.84
Power efficiency3.4417.26
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK104TU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 May 2012 (12 years ago)17 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 has 2234% better value for money than GTX 690.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30722304
Core clock speed915 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1019 MHz1620 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate130.4233.3
Floating-point processing power3.13 TFLOPS7.465 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mm229 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 8-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR58 GB
Memory bus width512-bit (256-bit per GPU)256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.21x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMIYes (via dongle)+
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision Live+-
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 690 14.29
RTX 2070 41.86
+193%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 690 5513
RTX 2070 16151
+193%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 690 13160
RTX 2070 23186
+76.2%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 690 18772
RTX 2070 87863
+368%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 690 14979
RTX 2070 83333
+456%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 690 12263
RTX 2070 95666
+680%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD40−45
−215%
126
+215%
1440p27−30
−207%
83
+207%
4K21−24
−200%
63
+200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 101
+0%
101
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 87
+0%
87
+0%
Battlefield 5 164
+0%
164
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 116
+0%
116
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry 5 124
+0%
124
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 148
+0%
148
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 246
+0%
246
+0%
Hitman 3 116
+0%
116
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 258
+0%
258
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110
+0%
110
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 207
+0%
207
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 254
+0%
254
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 135
+0%
135
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+0%
73
+0%
Battlefield 5 156
+0%
156
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 106
+0%
106
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry 5 101
+0%
101
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+0%
108
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+0%
227
+0%
Hitman 3 113
+0%
113
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 248
+0%
248
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+0%
108
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 244
+0%
244
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 64
+0%
64
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+0%
65
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 78
+0%
78
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry 5 79
+0%
79
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110
+0%
110
+0%
Hitman 3 94
+0%
94
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 139
+0%
139
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+0%
87
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 64
+0%
64
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 99
+0%
99
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 106
+0%
106
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 75
+0%
75
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
+0%
52
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+0%
50
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 58
+0%
58
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry 5 60
+0%
60
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 215
+0%
215
+0%
Hitman 3 64
+0%
64
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+0%
104
+0%
Metro Exodus 82
+0%
82
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240
+0%
240
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 84
+0%
84
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 53
+0%
53
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+0%
44
+0%
Hitman 3 41
+0%
41
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 116
+0%
116
+0%
Metro Exodus 76
+0%
76
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+0%
63
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 36
+0%
36
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
+0%
31
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+0%
33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Far Cry 5 31
+0%
31
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 63
+0%
63
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+0%
27
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 47
+0%
47
+0%

This is how GTX 690 and RTX 2070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 is 215% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 is 207% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 is 200% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.29 41.86
Recency 3 May 2012 17 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 175 Watt

RTX 2070 has a 192.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 71.4% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 690 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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