Sapphire Radeon VII vs Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C)

GPU comparison with benchmarks The Sapphire Radeon VII is based on the AMD Radeon VII (GCN 5.1) and has 16 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 1024 GB/s. The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU The Sapphire Radeon VII has the Vega 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 5.1 architecture. The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Sapphire Radeon VII	GPU	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C)
AMD Radeon VII	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Vega 20 XT	GPU Chip	TU106
GCN 5.1	Architecture	Turing
60	Streaming Multiprocessors	36
3840	Shader	2304
64	Render Output Units	64
240	Texture Units	144
0	Raytracing Cores	36

Memory The graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon VII clocks at 1.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 2.0 Gbps. The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
16 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
HBM2	Memory Type	GDDR6
1.000 GHz	Memory Clock	1.750 GHz
2.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	14.0 Gbps
1024 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s
4096 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
1.400 GHz	Base Clock	1.410 GHz
1.750 GHz	Boost Clock	1.620 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The Sapphire Radeon VII is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W. The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 175 W.
300 W	TDP	175 W
--	TDP (up)	--
99 °C	Tjunction max	89 °C
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The Sapphire Radeon VII is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans. The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 75 mm	Fan 1	2 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
32 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
52 dB	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Radeon VII. The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	1

Featureset With the Sapphire Radeon VII it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
Non addressable LED	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The Sapphire Radeon VII is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing. The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
268 mm	Length	292 mm
120 mm	Height	112 mm
42 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
1280 g	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16
No	SFF-Ready	No

Additional data The Sapphire Radeon VII has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2019. The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) came on the market in Q4/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.
21291-01-40G	Part-no	NE62070020P2-1060A
Q1/2019	Release date	Q4/2018
699 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	499 $ (Reference)
7 nm	Structure size	12 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

Sapphire Radeon VII
1.400 GHz, 16 GB (300 W TDP)

Buy this graphic card at amazon!

Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C)
1.410 GHz, 8 GB (175 W TDP)

Buy this graphic card at amazon!

Rate these graphics cards now

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


	Sapphire Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2	4353
	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	4337

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	5327

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	1873

View all 3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing) benchmark results

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)


	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	54 fps (avg)

View all Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark results

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


	Sapphire Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2	88364
	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	90143

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	Sapphire Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2	91547
	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	86141

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2	76267

View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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)


	Sapphire Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2	13.07
	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) 8 GB GDDR6	7.46

View all FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) benchmark results


1.		Sapphire Radeon VII vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
2.		Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 vs Sapphire Radeon VII
3.		Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Phoenix vs Sapphire Radeon VII
4.		Sapphire Radeon VII vs Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C)
5.		Sapphire Radeon VII vs Palit GeForce RTX 2060 GamingPro
6.		MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Trio Plus 8G vs Sapphire Radeon VII
7.		Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Sapphire Radeon VII
8.		Sapphire Radeon VII vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G
9.		Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) vs KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080
10.		ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2060 vs Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C)

Sapphire Radeon VII
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C)

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

Rate these graphics cards now