Ellesmere vs GeForce RTX 2070

Aggregate performance score

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

RTX 2070
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 175 Watt
41.88
+114%

RTX 2070 outperforms Ellesmere by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking92282
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation34.24no data
Power efficiency17.56no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameTU106Ellesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 October 2018 (5 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores23042304
Core clock speed1410 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1620 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,800 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Wattno data
Texture fill rate233.3no data
Floating-point processing power7.465 TFLOPSno data
ROPs6432
TMUs144144
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.5-

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 HD131
+118%
60−65
−118%
1440p88
+120%
40−45
−120%
4K61
+126%
27−30
−126%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+147%
30−33
−147%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 101
+124%
45−50
−124%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 87
+118%
40−45
−118%
Battlefield 5 164
+119%
75−80
−119%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 116
+132%
50−55
−132%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+147%
30−33
−147%
Far Cry 5 124
+125%
55−60
−125%
Far Cry New Dawn 148
+128%
65−70
−128%
Forza Horizon 4 246
+124%
110−120
−124%
Hitman 3 116
+132%
50−55
−132%
Horizon Zero Dawn 258
+115%
120−130
−115%
Metro Exodus 144
+122%
65−70
−122%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110
+120%
50−55
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 207
+118%
95−100
−118%
Watch Dogs: Legion 254
+131%
110−120
−131%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 135
+125%
60−65
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+143%
30−33
−143%
Battlefield 5 156
+123%
70−75
−123%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 106
+136%
45−50
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+147%
30−33
−147%
Far Cry 5 101
+124%
45−50
−124%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+116%
50−55
−116%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+127%
100−105
−127%
Hitman 3 113
+126%
50−55
−126%
Horizon Zero Dawn 248
+125%
110−120
−125%
Metro Exodus 144
+122%
65−70
−122%
Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+116%
50−55
−116%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+121%
70−75
−121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+115%
40−45
−115%
Watch Dogs: Legion 244
+122%
110−120
−122%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 64
+137%
27−30
−137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+117%
30−33
−117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 78
+123%
35−40
−123%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+147%
30−33
−147%
Far Cry 5 79
+126%
35−40
−126%
Forza Horizon 4 110
+120%
50−55
−120%
Hitman 3 94
+135%
40−45
−135%
Horizon Zero Dawn 139
+114%
65−70
−114%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+121%
70−75
−121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+118%
40−45
−118%
Watch Dogs: Legion 64
+137%
27−30
−137%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 99
+120%
45−50
−120%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 106
+136%
45−50
−136%
Far Cry New Dawn 75
+114%
35−40
−114%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
+117%
24−27
−117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+138%
21−24
−138%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 58
+115%
27−30
−115%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+143%
14−16
−143%
Far Cry 5 60
+122%
27−30
−122%
Forza Horizon 4 215
+115%
100−105
−115%
Hitman 3 64
+137%
27−30
−137%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+131%
45−50
−131%
Metro Exodus 82
+134%
35−40
−134%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+129%
45−50
−129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+130%
27−30
−130%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240
+118%
110−120
−118%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 84
+140%
35−40
−140%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 53
+121%
24−27
−121%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+144%
18−20
−144%
Hitman 3 41
+128%
18−20
−128%
Horizon Zero Dawn 116
+132%
50−55
−132%
Metro Exodus 76
+117%
35−40
−117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+133%
27−30
−133%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 36
+125%
16−18
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
+121%
14−16
−121%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+136%
14−16
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Far Cry 5 31
+121%
14−16
−121%
Forza Horizon 4 63
+133%
27−30
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+115%
27−30
−115%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+125%
12−14
−125%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 47
+124%
21−24
−124%

This is how RTX 2070 and Ellesmere compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 is 118% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 is 120% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 is 126% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.88 19.59
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm

RTX 2070 has a 113.8% higher aggregate performance score, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

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


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