GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon HD 6790

Place in the ranking	680	94
Place by popularity	not in top-100	99
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.76	33.55
Power efficiency	1.95	16.67
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Barts	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	4 April 2011 (13 years ago)	17 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 has 4314% better value for money than HD 6790.

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 cores	800	2304
Core clock speed	840 MHz	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1620 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.60	233.3
Floating-point processing power	1.344 TFLOPS	7.465 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	40	144
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	36

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	198 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB/s	448.0 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
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.

HD 6790 4.19

RTX 2070 41.85
+899%

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.

HD 6790 1618

RTX 2070 16146
+898%

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.

HD 6790 2887

RTX 2070 31260
+983%

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.

HD 6790 13637

RTX 2070 63155
+363%

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.

HD 6790 2150

RTX 2070 23186
+978%

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:

900p	52 −862%	500−550 +862%
Full HD	61 −110%	128 +110%
1440p	8−9 −975%	86 +975%
4K	6−7 −900%	60 +900%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.44	3.90
1440p	18.63	5.80
4K	24.83	8.32

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−957%

70−75
+957%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −742%	101 +742%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2800%	87 +2800%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −1540%	164 +1540%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1189%	116 +1189%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −957%	70−75 +957%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −1278%	124 +1278%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −1133%	148 +1133%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −884%	246 +884%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1060%	116 +1060%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −821%	258 +821%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −1700%	144 +1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −900%	110 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −1194%	207 +1194%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −491%	254 +491%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −1025%	135 +1025%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2333%	73 +2333%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −1460%	156 +1460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1078%	106 +1078%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −957%	70−75 +957%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −1022%	101 +1022%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −800%	108 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −808%	227 +808%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1030%	113 +1030%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −786%	248 +786%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −1700%	144 +1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −882%	108 +882%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −869%	150−160 +869%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −438%	85−90 +438%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −467%	244 +467%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −433%	64 +433%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2067%	65 +2067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −767%	78 +767%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −957%	70−75 +957%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −778%	79 +778%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −340%	110 +340%
Hitman 3	10−11 −840%	94 +840%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −396%	139 +396%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −869%	150−160 +869%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −444%	87 +444%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −48.8%	64 +48.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−800%

99
+800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1225%	106 +1225%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −1150%	75 +1150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1200%	52 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1833%	58 +1833%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1100%	60 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −3483%	215 +3483%
Hitman 3	9−10 −611%	64 +611%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −940%	104 +940%
Metro Exodus	0−1	82
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1967%	60−65 +1967%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −823%	240 +823%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−950%

84
+950%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1667%	53 +1667%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1367%	44 +1367%
Hitman 3	0−1	41
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −11500%	116 +11500%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −7500%	76 +7500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1100%	36 +1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1450%	31 +1450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1550%	33 +1550%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	14−16
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1450%	31 +1450%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −2000%	63 +2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −2600%	27 +2600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−840%

47
+840%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50 +0%	50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

This is how HD 6790 and RTX 2070 compete in popular games:

RTX 2070 is 862% faster in 900p
RTX 2070 is 110% faster in 1080p
RTX 2070 is 975% faster in 1440p
RTX 2070 is 900% faster in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2070 is 11500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2070 is ahead in 65 tests (94%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.19	41.85
Recency	4 April 2011	17 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	175 Watt

HD 6790 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070, on the other hand, has a 898.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6790 in performance tests.

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