AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Comparison

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT compare to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER in average benchmark score?

A: The RX 7700 XT records an average benchmark score of 22,549, while the RTX 2070 SUPER scores 20,282. That puts the AMD card roughly 11.2% ahead overall, and it also holds a slightly higher percentile ranking at 67 versus 65 for the NVIDIA card.

Q: Which card wins in DirectX 12 performance?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT wins the PassMark DirectX 12 test with a score of 79 against the RTX 2070 SUPER's 67, a 17.9% advantage. The RX 7700 XT also leads in DirectX 11 by 53.6% and DirectX 9 by 31.8%.

Q: Is there any benchmark where the RTX 2070 SUPER beats the RX 7700 XT?

A: Yes, the NVIDIA card wins two head-to-head tests. It leads in Geekbench Vulkan with a score of 90,637 versus 46,443, a 48.8% margin, and it edges out the AMD card in PassMark DirectX 10, 132 to 119, a 9.8% difference.

Q: What memory configurations do these two cards use?

A: The RX 7700 XT comes with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 2070 SUPER has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a wider 256-bit bus, which gives it 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, slightly higher despite the smaller capacity.

Q: How do their power requirements compare?

A: The RX 7700 XT has a 245 W TDP and requires two 8-pin power connectors, while the RTX 2070 SUPER has a 215 W TDP and uses one 6-pin plus one 8-pin connector. Both cards recommend a 550 W power supply.

Q: Which card is still in production?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is listed as Active in production, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is marked as End-of-life. The RX 7700 XT was released on 2023-09-05, whereas the RTX 2070 SUPER launched on 2019-07-08.

The Verdict

The data points to a clear winner for most use cases: the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. It wins 8 of the 10 head-to-head benchmark comparisons, including all of the modern DirectX tests and the compute-oriented workloads. Its average score of 22,549 sits comfortably above the RTX 2070 SUPER's 20,282, and it ranks in the 67th percentile of all GPUs in the database, two points higher than the NVIDIA card's 65th percentile.

The RTX 2070 SUPER still has a niche. Its Geekbench Vulkan score of 90,637 is nearly double that of the RX 7700 XT, and it holds a narrow win in PassMark DirectX 10. Anyone specifically targeting Vulkan workloads or legacy DirectX 10 applications may find the older NVIDIA card more suitable. However, those are narrow use cases. In every other measured category, from DirectX 11 to GPU compute, the RX 7700 XT leads by margins ranging from 17.9% to 70.9%.

For gamers and general compute users, the RX 7700 XT is the stronger pick based on recorded performance. It offers more memory, higher throughput in most APIs, and a newer production status. The RTX 2070 SUPER remains relevant only for specific Vulkan-centric scenarios or for users who already own one and do not need the extra performance headroom. The data does not support choosing the RTX 2070 SUPER as a new purchase for general use.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The largest single win for the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT comes in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, where it scores 3,316 against the RTX 2070 SUPER's 1,651. That is a 100.8% advantage, meaning the AMD card more than doubles the NVIDIA card's result in this modern DirectX 12 workload. This is the kind of gap that shows a generational shift in raw rasterization throughput.

Geekbench OpenCL tells a similar story. The RX 7700 XT posts 138,383 points, a 66% lead over the RTX 2070 SUPER's 83,358. This suggests the AMD card has substantially stronger general-purpose compute performance, which aligns with its higher FP32 throughput of 35.17 TFLOPS versus 9.062 TFLOPS. The PassMark GPU Compute test reinforces this: 12,912 for the RX 7700 XT versus 7,557 for the RTX 2070 SUPER, a 70.9% difference.

DirectX 11 performance also favors the AMD card decisively. The RX 7700 XT scores 232 in PassMark DirectX 11, while the RTX 2070 SUPER manages 151, a 53.6% margin. DirectX 9 shows a 31.8% lead for the AMD card, 294 versus 223, and DirectX 12 shows a 17.9% lead, 79 versus 67. The PassMark G3D score follows the same pattern: 22,547 for the RX 7700 XT versus 18,169 for the RTX 2070 SUPER, a 24.1% advantage.

The RTX 2070 SUPER's biggest win is in Geekbench Vulkan, where it scores 90,637 against the RX 7700 XT's 46,443. That is a 48.8% margin, and it is the only test where the NVIDIA card wins by a large amount. The other NVIDIA victory is much narrower: PassMark DirectX 10 at 132 versus 119, a 9.8% edge. The RX 7700 XT also wins PassMark G2D, 1,161 versus 878, a 32.2% margin, indicating better 2D performance as well.

The overall pattern is consistent. The RX 7700 XT dominates in modern APIs, compute workloads, and even legacy DirectX 9 and 11 tests. The RTX 2070 SUPER holds a clear advantage only in Vulkan, which may reflect driver-level optimization differences or architectural strengths in that specific API. Across the full benchmark suite, the AMD card wins by an average margin that is heavily weighted by its 100.8% blowout in Steel Nomad and its 70.9% lead in GPU Compute.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification category. The RX 7700 XT uses a 5 nm process node from TSMC, while the RTX 2070 SUPER uses a 12 nm node from the same foundry. Transistor counts reflect the process gap: the AMD chip packs 28,100 million transistors on a 346 mm² die, giving a density of 81.2M per mm². The NVIDIA chip has 13,600 million transistors on a much larger 545 mm² die, with a density of just 25.0M per mm².

Clock speeds also differ significantly. The RX 7700 XT runs a base clock of 1435 MHz and a boost clock of 2544 MHz, with a game clock of 2171 MHz. The RTX 2070 SUPER has a higher base clock of 1605 MHz but a lower boost clock of 1770 MHz. Memory clocks are 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for the AMD card and 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) for the NVIDIA card.

Memory configurations diverge on capacity and bus width. The RX 7700 XT offers 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, while the RTX 2070 SUPER offers 8 GB on a 256-bit bus. Bandwidth is close: 432.0 GB/s for AMD versus 448.0 GB/s for NVIDIA, with the wider bus giving the older card a slight edge despite slower memory clocks.

Compute unit counts favor the AMD card. It has 3,456 shading units, 216 TMUs, 96 ROPs, and 54 RT cores. The RTX 2070 SUPER has 2,560 shading units, 160 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 40 RT cores, plus 320 tensor cores. The AMD card also leads in pixel rate at 244.2 GPixel/s versus 113.3 GPixel/s, and in texture rate at 549.5 GTexel/s versus 283.2 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 35.17 TFLOPS for AMD and 9.062 TFLOPS for NVIDIA, while FP16 is 35.17 TFLOPS (1:1) for AMD and 18.12 TFLOPS (2:1) for NVIDIA.

Power and physical dimensions differ as well. The RX 7700 XT has a 245 W TDP with two 8-pin connectors, while the RTX 2070 SUPER has a 215 W TDP with one 6-pin and one 8-pin connector. Both recommend a 550 W power supply. The cards share the same length of 267 mm, but the AMD card is taller at 135 mm versus 116 mm and thicker at 50 mm versus 35 mm. Both are dual-slot designs.

Interface and display outputs also differ. The RX 7700 XT uses PCIe 4.0 x16 and offers 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, and 1x USB Type-C. The RTX 2070 SUPER uses PCIe 3.0 x16 and offers 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, and 1x USB Type-C. Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two cards spans multiple generations. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is built on RDNA 3.0 architecture, part of the Navi III (RX 7000) generation, with the chip codenamed Wheat Nas and based on the Navi 32 die. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER uses the older Turing architecture, part of the GeForce 20 generation, built on the TU104 chip. The RX 7700 XT's predecessor is Navi II and its successor is Navi IV, while the RTX 2070 SUPER's predecessor is GeForce 10 and its successor is GeForce 30.

The manufacturing process is one of the most significant architectural differences. The RX 7700 XT is fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm node, which enables the much higher transistor density of 81.2M per mm². The RTX 2070 SUPER is on TSMC's 12 nm node, with a density of only 25.0M per mm². This process advantage allows the AMD card to fit 28,100 million transistors on a smaller 346 mm² die, compared to 13,600 million transistors on the NVIDIA card's larger 545 mm² die.

Compute architecture differs in how the cards handle FP16 workloads. The RX 7700 XT delivers FP16 performance at a 1:1 ratio with FP32, meaning both hit 35.17 TFLOPS. The RTX 2070 SUPER uses a 2:1 ratio, delivering 18.12 TFLOPS of FP16 from its 9.062 TFLOPS FP32 baseline. This makes the AMD card more efficient at half-precision compute tasks, which can matter in AI and scientific workloads.

The RTX 2070 SUPER includes 320 tensor cores, a feature the RX 7700 XT does not list. These tensor cores are designed for AI acceleration and are a hallmark of NVIDIA's Turing and later architectures. The RX 7700 XT instead relies on its higher raw FP32 and FP16 throughput. Both cards have ray tracing hardware, with the AMD card featuring 54 RT cores and the NVIDIA card featuring 40, though the architectural implementation differs by generation.

The memory architecture also reflects a design philosophy shift. The RX 7700 XT uses a narrower 192-bit bus but compensates with faster 18 Gbps memory, achieving 432.0 GB/s. The RTX 2070 SUPER uses a wider 256-bit bus with slower 14 Gbps memory, achieving 448.0 GB/s. The AMD card pairs its smaller bus with a larger 12 GB frame buffer, while the NVIDIA card offers only 8 GB. This suggests the RX 7700 XT prioritizes capacity for modern games, while the RTX 2070 SUPER was designed around a wider bus for its era.

The production status also marks a generational divide. The RX 7700 XT is listed as Active, while the RTX 2070 SUPER is End-of-life. The release dates confirm this: the AMD card launched on 2023-09-05, four years after the NVIDIA card's 2019-07-08 debut. That time gap explains why the RX 7700 XT wins so decisively in modern DirectX 12 workloads like 3DMark Steel Nomad, where it doubles the RTX 2070 SUPER's score.