Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs GeForce RTX 2070

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2070 with Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), including specs and performance data.

RTX 2070
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 175 Watt
41.85
+363%

RTX 2070 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 363% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking95476
Place by popularity9929
Cost-effectiveness evaluation33.72no data
Power efficiency16.5641.69
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameTU106Vega
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 October 2018 (6 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 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 cores2304512
Core clock speed1410 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1620 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate233.3no data
Floating-point processing power7.465 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs144no data
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--

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_1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
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 41.85
+363%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 9.03

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2070 31260
+431%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 5891

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2070 63155
+182%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 22428

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.

RTX 2070 23186
+520%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 3743

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2070 127652
+371%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 27084

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2070 425550
+42.3%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 299071

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 2070 149
+308%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 37

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 2070 61
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 63
+3.8%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 2070 9
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 21
+139%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 2070 83
+97.4%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 42

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 2070 46
+28.2%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 36

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

RTX 2070 41
+174%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 15

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 2070 123
+609%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 17

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 2070 12
+1557%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 1

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 2070 194
+311%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 47

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 HD126
+473%
22
−473%
1440p83
+419%
16
−419%
4K63
+530%
10
−530%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.96no data
1440p6.01no data
4K7.92no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+289%
19
−289%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 101
+359%
21−24
−359%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 87
+335%
20
−335%
Battlefield 5 164
+486%
27−30
−486%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 116
+511%
18−20
−511%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+429%
14
−429%
Far Cry 5 124
+490%
21−24
−490%
Far Cry New Dawn 148
+469%
24−27
−469%
Forza Horizon 4 246
+303%
60−65
−303%
Hitman 3 116
+673%
15
−673%
Horizon Zero Dawn 258
+406%
50−55
−406%
Metro Exodus 144
+311%
35
−311%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110
+233%
33
−233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 207
+475%
36
−475%
Watch Dogs: Legion 254
+323%
60−65
−323%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 135
+514%
21−24
−514%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+356%
16
−356%
Battlefield 5 156
+457%
27−30
−457%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 106
+458%
18−20
−458%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+640%
10
−640%
Far Cry 5 101
+381%
21−24
−381%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+315%
24−27
−315%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+272%
60−65
−272%
Hitman 3 113
+653%
15
−653%
Horizon Zero Dawn 248
+386%
50−55
−386%
Metro Exodus 144
+476%
25
−476%
Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+332%
24−27
−332%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+474%
27
−474%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+244%
24−27
−244%
Watch Dogs: Legion 244
+307%
60−65
−307%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 64
+191%
21−24
−191%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+364%
14
−364%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 78
+311%
18−20
−311%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+722%
9
−722%
Far Cry 5 79
+276%
21−24
−276%
Forza Horizon 4 110
+80.3%
60−65
−80.3%
Hitman 3 94
+571%
14
−571%
Horizon Zero Dawn 139
+479%
24
−479%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+574%
23
−574%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+521%
14
−521%
Watch Dogs: Legion 64
+433%
12
−433%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 99
+371%
21
−371%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 106
+489%
18−20
−489%
Far Cry New Dawn 75
+436%
14−16
−436%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
+478%
9−10
−478%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+355%
11
−355%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 58
+544%
9−10
−544%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+580%
5
−580%
Far Cry 5 60
+500%
10−11
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 215
+451%
35−40
−451%
Hitman 3 64
+540%
10
−540%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+420%
20
−420%
Metro Exodus 82
+382%
17
−382%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+544%
16
−544%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+675%
8−9
−675%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240
+307%
59
−307%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 84
+546%
13
−546%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 53
+563%
8−9
−563%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+633%
6−7
−633%
Hitman 3 41
+720%
5−6
−720%
Horizon Zero Dawn 116
+214%
35−40
−214%
Metro Exodus 76
+986%
7−8
−986%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+950%
6−7
−950%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 36
+620%
5−6
−620%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
+675%
4−5
−675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+725%
4−5
−725%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Far Cry 5 31
+520%
5−6
−520%
Forza Horizon 4 63
+473%
10−12
−473%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+544%
9
−544%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+800%
3−4
−800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 47
+422%
9−10
−422%

This is how RTX 2070 and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 is 473% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 is 419% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 is 530% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2070 surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.85 9.03
Recency 17 October 2018 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 15 Watt

RTX 2070 has a 363.5% higher aggregate performance score.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1066.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook one.


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

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