The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super & RTX 2060 Super Review: Smaller Numbers, Bigger Performance
by Ryan Smith on July 2, 2019 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
- GeForce
- NVIDIA
- Turing
- GeForce RTX
Power, Temperatures, & Noise
Last, but not least of course, is our look at power, temperatures, and noise levels. While a high performing card is good in its own right, an excellent card can deliver great performance while also keeping power consumption and the resulting noise levels in check.
| GeForce Video Card Voltages | |||||
| RTX 2070S Boost | RTX 2070 Boost | RTX 2060S Boost | RTX 2060 Boost | ||
| 1.043v | 1.05v | 1.043v | 1.043v | ||
Looking quickly at boost voltages, there aren’t any big surprises. Like the non-Super cards they’re based on, both of the new Super cards will max out at either 1.043v or 1.05v at their highest boost bin. In reality, these cards are typically not boosting quite so high due to TDP limits, in which case power consumption is often under a volt(a).
| GeForce Video Card Average Clockspeeds | |||||
| Game | RTX 2080 | RTX 2070S | RTX 2070 | RTX 2060S | |
| Max Boost Clock | 1900MHz | 1950MHz | 1875MHz | 1950MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 1710MHz | 1770MHz | 1620MHz | 1650MHz | |
| Tomb Raider | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | 1725MHz | 1800MHz | |
| F1 2019 | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | 1770MHz | 1815MHz | |
| Assassin's Creed | 1815MHz | 1890MHz | 1785MHz | 1860MHz | |
| Metro Exodus | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | 1725MHz | 1815MHz | |
| Strange Brigade | 1770MHz | 1875MHz | 1725MHz | 1800MHz | |
| Total War: TK | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | 1725MHz | 1815MHz | |
| The Division 2 | 1740MHz | 1845MHz | 1680MHz | 1755MHz | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 1815MHz | 1890MHz | 1785MHz | 1860MHz | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1800MHz | 1890MHz | 1785MHz | 1875MHz | |
Meanwhile the average in-game clockspeeds largely echo NVIDIA’s official claims. The new Super cards tend to have higher clockspeeds, owing to their higher starting points within NVIDIA’s specifications. These higher clockspeeds allow these cards to punch a bit harder than they otherwise would, narrowing the gap with their RTX 2080/2070 analogs. The trade-off for this is that TDP becomes a very careful balancing act, as these higher clockspeeds are farther up on the voltage/frequency curve where the underlying GPUs aren’t quite as efficient.
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GreenReaper - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
Are "CUDA cores" the same as "RT cores"? The article actually talks about "SMs" - a term not defined before use. Perhaps they are all the same thing. In any case, not in the specifications, so easy to miss.GreenReaper - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
Also, are all parts of the CPU in the same clock domain?If not, the speed of one part may not relate to another.
(And if so, they're arguably not separate "cores".)
chowmanga - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
Why are you only showing cards from the current generation in the benchmarks? Most of the people who opt for a lower priced card like the RTX 2070 aren't going to be in the market for getting a card upgrade to 2070 Super. Looking at the Steam Survey, we see that the most owned cards come from the last generation and the 750Ti is still in the top 10 of most popular cards! Owners of cards even one generation old can't compare their cards in the GPU 2019 benchmark section as it is only populated by new cards. It seems like you've neglected to consider the audience who would be in the market for old cards.Sincerely,
Disgruntled 980Ti owner
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
"Why are you only showing cards from the current generation in the benchmarks?"Short answer: lack of time. It takes a lot of time to put together a new GPU benchmarking suite, and NVIDIA's launch inopportunely arrived right in the middle of that. So I only had a few days to benchmark cards.
GPU Bench 2019 will get filled out with more cards over time, including 980 series cards.
chowmanga - Wednesday, July 3, 2019 - link
Good to know, thanks.Ananke - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
If AMD prices the RX5700 at $299 and 5700XT at $399, it will absolutely devastate NVidia. I kinda doubt AMD has the marketing team to understand that, but semi aggressive high end product prices can bring them half of the GPU market, especially if well executed with Ryzon alliance. AMD has once in a lifetime opportunity now. Next year, Intel will enter the game, and it will be very competitive market to do anything with high margins.webdoctors - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
LOL, at those prices it would devastate AMD. They have employees to pay, as well as foundries for the chips. They're not a charity. They need to pay for the 8GB of RAM and the dies at 7nm won't be cheap now, maybe next yr. These dies are bigger than CPUs. Compared to a CPU you're getting a PCB and DRAM as well so you can't compare it to the Ryzen CPU pricing.Bensam123 - Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - link
Please cover AMDs input delay reduction technology in the review of the 5700 series along with Nvidias. It's not just about raw FPS (or frame times). Input delay matters a lot.pandemonium - Wednesday, July 3, 2019 - link
Quick fix for your table:RTX 2080 Super
Launch Date 07/23/2018
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, July 3, 2019 - link
Thanks!