Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs GeForce RTX 2070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2070 with Radeon Pro Vega 48, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2070
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 175 Watt
41.87
+42.9%

RTX 2070 outperforms Pro Vega 48 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking96193
Place by popularity88not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation32.60no data
Power efficiency16.40no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameTU106Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date17 October 2018 (6 years ago)19 March 2019 (5 years ago)
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 cores23043072
Core clock speed1410 MHz1200 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHz1300 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Wattno data
Texture fill rate233.3249.6
Floating-point processing power7.465 TFLOPS7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs144192
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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz786 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s402.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs
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_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125
CUDA7.5-

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.

RTX 2070 41.87
+42.9%
Pro Vega 48 29.31

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.

RTX 2070 16141
+42.9%
Pro Vega 48 11299

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.

RTX 2070 87885
+63.4%
Pro Vega 48 53770

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.

RTX 2070 83224
+43.3%
Pro Vega 48 58063

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 HD128
+50.6%
85−90
−50.6%
1440p90
+50%
60−65
−50%
4K59
+47.5%
40−45
−47.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.90no data
1440p5.54no data
4K8.46no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+48%
50−55
−48%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 101
+44.3%
70−75
−44.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 87
+45%
60−65
−45%
Battlefield 5 164
+49.1%
110−120
−49.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 116
+45%
80−85
−45%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+48%
50−55
−48%
Far Cry 5 124
+45.9%
85−90
−45.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 148
+48%
100−105
−48%
Forza Horizon 4 246
+44.7%
170−180
−44.7%
Hitman 3 116
+45%
80−85
−45%
Horizon Zero Dawn 258
+43.3%
180−190
−43.3%
Metro Exodus 144
+44%
100−105
−44%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110
+46.7%
75−80
−46.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 207
+47.9%
140−150
−47.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 254
+49.4%
170−180
−49.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 135
+50%
90−95
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+46%
50−55
−46%
Battlefield 5 156
+56%
100−105
−56%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 106
+51.4%
70−75
−51.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+48%
50−55
−48%
Far Cry 5 101
+44.3%
70−75
−44.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+44%
75−80
−44%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+51.3%
150−160
−51.3%
Hitman 3 113
+50.7%
75−80
−50.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 248
+45.9%
170−180
−45.9%
Metro Exodus 144
+44%
100−105
−44%
Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+44%
75−80
−44%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+55%
100−105
−55%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+43.3%
60−65
−43.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 244
+43.5%
170−180
−43.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 64
+60%
40−45
−60%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+44.4%
45−50
−44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 78
+56%
50−55
−56%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+48%
50−55
−48%
Far Cry 5 79
+43.6%
55−60
−43.6%
Forza Horizon 4 110
+46.7%
75−80
−46.7%
Hitman 3 94
+44.6%
65−70
−44.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 139
+46.3%
95−100
−46.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+55%
100−105
−55%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+45%
60−65
−45%
Watch Dogs: Legion 64
+60%
40−45
−60%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 99
+52.3%
65−70
−52.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 106
+51.4%
70−75
−51.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 75
+50%
50−55
−50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
+48.6%
35−40
−48.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+42.9%
35−40
−42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 58
+45%
40−45
−45%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+61.9%
21−24
−61.9%
Far Cry 5 60
+50%
40−45
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 215
+43.3%
150−160
−43.3%
Hitman 3 64
+60%
40−45
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+48.6%
70−75
−48.6%
Metro Exodus 82
+49.1%
55−60
−49.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+47.1%
70−75
−47.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+55%
40−45
−55%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240
+50%
160−170
−50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 84
+52.7%
55−60
−52.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 53
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+46.7%
30−33
−46.7%
Hitman 3 41
+51.9%
27−30
−51.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 116
+45%
80−85
−45%
Metro Exodus 76
+52%
50−55
−52%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+57.5%
40−45
−57.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 36
+50%
24−27
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Far Cry 5 31
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%
Forza Horizon 4 63
+57.5%
40−45
−57.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+45%
40−45
−45%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+50%
18−20
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 47
+56.7%
30−33
−56.7%

This is how RTX 2070 and Pro Vega 48 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 is 51% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 is 50% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 is 48% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.87 29.31
Recency 17 October 2018 19 March 2019
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm

RTX 2070 has a 42.9% higher aggregate performance score, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

Pro Vega 48, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months.

The GeForce RTX 2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 48 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 is a mobile workstation one.


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