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GeForce RTX 2070

4 · 318 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
2,304
FP32
7.465 TF
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
TDP
175W
Boost
1620 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute7.465 TFLOPS7%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,30411%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency14/10024%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy14,040pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)7,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,028spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute98,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming39
Ray tracing40
AI / Compute41
Creator / 3D39
Power efficiency14
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 53 fps
1080p
90
1440p
47
4K
22
Counter-Strike 2avg 117 fps
1080p
209
1440p
95
4K
47
Fortniteavg 105 fps
1080p
157
1440p
106
4K
51
Battlefield 5avg 81 fps
1080p
105
1440p
85
4K
53
Far Cry 5avg 78 fps
1080p
101
1440p
85
4K
48
Valorantavg 213 fps
1080p
178
1440p
236
4K
224

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
129fps
1440p
90fps
4K
59fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($499) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$3.81
1440p
$5.49
4K
$8.46
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the solid 1440p performance and ray tracing entry point. The usual gripe is the steep price and high power draw for what you get.

Pros
  • Great 1440p gaming performance
  • Runs cool and quiet
  • Ray tracing works well enough
  • Solid value for its era
Cons
  • Pricey for the performance offered
  • Power draw is higher than expected
  • Ray tracing is too slow for use

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Turing
Process node
12 nm
Transistors
10.8 B
SM Count
18
Release date
2018
Launch price
$499
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
2,304
RT Cores
36
Tensor Cores
288
TMUs
144
ROPs
64
L2 cache
4 MB
Memory
Size
8 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
256-bit
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
Memory clock
1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1410 MHz
Boost clock
1620 MHz
FP32 (float)
7.465 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
7.465 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
104 GPixel/s
Texture rate
233.3 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
175W
Suggested PSU
350W
Power connectors
1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
229 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.8
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
7.5
Verdict

Our verdict on the RTX 2070

The RTX 2070 is a solid mid-range Turing card whose real-time ray tracing is too weak to actually use in games.

Get it if you want solid 1440p gaming on a budget and don’t mind buying used. Skip it if you need ray tracing or plan to run modern games at high settings.

Buy it if…

  • You want solid 1440p gaming without breaking the bank.
  • You're upgrading from a GTX 970 or 1060 and want ray tracing.
  • You need a reliable workhorse for VR or a high-refresh 1080p setup.
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