GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and GeForce RTX 2070 Super, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
2014
3.04

RTX 2070 Super outperforms R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by a whopping 1454% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking77071
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data41.77
Power efficiencyno data15.29
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameKaveri SpectreTU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 January 2014 (10 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores5122560
Core clock speed720 MHz1605 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistorsno data13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data215 Watt
Texture fill rateno data283.2
Floating-point processing powerno data9.062 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x 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 Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-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.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 3.04
RTX 2070 Super 47.25
+1454%

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.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 2302
RTX 2070 Super 34964
+1419%

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.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 1616
RTX 2070 Super 24640
+1425%

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.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 10341
RTX 2070 Super 131200
+1169%

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.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 91999
RTX 2070 Super 521878
+467%

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 HD18
−633%
132
+633%
1440p5−6
−1500%
80
+1500%
4K3−4
−1533%
49
+1533%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.78
1440pno data6.24
4Kno data10.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1467%
94
+1467%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1056%
104
+1056%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−8700%
88
+8700%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−3560%
183
+3560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1600%
119
+1600%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1300%
84
+1300%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−2383%
149
+2383%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−1875%
158
+1875%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−1631%
277
+1631%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1350%
116
+1350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1113%
279
+1113%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−3500%
144
+3500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1643%
122
+1643%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1462%
203
+1462%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−487%
229
+487%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1811%
172
+1811%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−7300%
74
+7300%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−3340%
172
+3340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1614%
120
+1614%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1200%
78
+1200%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1900%
120
+1900%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−1400%
120
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−1513%
258
+1513%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1313%
113
+1313%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1074%
270
+1074%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−3500%
144
+3500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1214%
92
+1214%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1423%
198
+1423%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27
−259%
95−100
+259%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−451%
215
+451%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−622%
65
+622%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−6500%
66
+6500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1200%
91
+1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1117%
73
+1117%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1283%
83
+1283%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−856%
153
+856%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1200%
104
+1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−578%
156
+578%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1185%
167
+1185%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
−1567%
100
+1567%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−74.4%
68
+74.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1529%
114
+1529%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−2260%
118
+2260%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1620%
86
+1620%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1800%
57
+1800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−3550%
73
+3550%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−2250%
47
+2250%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2100%
66
+2100%
Hitman 3 8−9
−788%
71
+788%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1375%
118
+1375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−3600%
70−75
+3600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−1094%
215
+1094%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1483%
95
+1483%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−5400%
55
+5400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−2300%
48
+2300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1850%
39
+1850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−3100%
32
+3100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−4300%
44
+4300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−3400%
35
+3400%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−8300%
84
+8300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−2800%
29
+2800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1375%
59
+1375%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 255
+0%
255
+0%
Metro Exodus 91
+0%
91
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+0%
123
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 42
+0%
42
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+0%
129
+0%
Metro Exodus 78
+0%
78
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+0%
68
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 23
+0%
23
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65
+0%
65
+0%

This is how R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 633% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 1500% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 1533% faster in 4K

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 8700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is ahead in 62 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.04 47.25
Recency 14 January 2014 9 July 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

RTX 2070 Super has a 1454.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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