MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.74 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.01 TFLOPS.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.73 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.95 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700
TU106 GPU Chip Navi 10
Turing Architecture RDNA 1
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2304 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 144
36 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has a turbo clock of 1.740 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 is 1.725 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.465 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.63 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 89 °C.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

185 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
89 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 46-47 dB

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

295 mm Length 281 mm
140 mm Height 126 mm
-- Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1177 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC was released in Q4/2018.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2018 Release date Q3/2019
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
12 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
142 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
135 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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