RTX 2070 Super benchmark showdown: Nvidia vs Zotac vs Asus

Nvidia’s RTX 2070 Super is a good graphics card in the event you’re after clean, 1440p efficiency, however if you stack up the £475 / $499 Nvidia Founders Version card I reviewed towards AMD’s new Radeon RX 5700 XT, it begins to battle at bit on the outdated worth for cash entrance – simply take a look at my huge RTX 2070 Super vs RX 5700 XT benchmark showdown to see why. Sure, Nvidia’s RTX 2070 Tremendous is the sooner card general, however I’m not satisfied that additional pace is value paying one other £100 / $100 for. Nevertheless, regardless of being one of many most cost-effective RTX 2070 Tremendous playing cards on the market proper now, the Nvidia Founders Version can also be one of many slowest, as not like the FE model of the non-Tremendous RTX 2070, Nvidia have determined not overclock this specific card, leaving its max enhance clock at its default reference pace of 1770MHz.

Is it subsequently value spending a bit extra on a sooner, overclocked mannequin from a 3rd get together producer as an alternative? And does that additional little bit of nippiness assist push the RTX 2070 Tremendous nearer into best graphics card territory over its AMD rival? To assist make clear this everlasting quandary, I’ve been testing two different RTX 2070 Tremendous playing cards to see how they examine: Zotac’s AMP Excessive version, and Asus’ Twin OC mannequin. To the bar charts!

First, although, some specs. As you’ll be able to see from the desk beneath, the max enhance clock speeds on the Asus Twin OC and Zotac AMP Excessive are fairly a bit sooner than what you get on the Nvidia FE. They’re additionally fairly a bit costlier because of this, though within the UK the Asus is definitely a smidge cheaper than its mildly slower Zotac rival.

	Nvidia RTX 2070 Tremendous Founders Version	Zotac RTX 2070 Tremendous AMP Excessive	Asus RTX 2070 Tremendous Twin Evo OC
CUDA Cores	2560	2560	2560
Base Clock	1605MHz	1605MHz	1605MHz
Enhance Clock	1770MHz	1830MHz	1845MHz
Reminiscence	8GB	8GB	8GB
Reminiscence Clock	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps
Energy	215W	215W	215W
Energy Enter	Eight-pin + 6-pin	Eight-pin + 6-pin	Eight-pin + 6-pin
Measurement	267x116mm (2-slot width)	308x133mm (2.5-slot width)	267x118mm (2.7-slot width)
Value	£475 / $499	£559 / $599	£530 / $530

There are, nonetheless, different issues you’ll have to account for right here, which, as you’ll have the ability to see beneath, largely comes right down to the sheer measurement of them. The Zotac, for instance, is sort of a bit longer than Asus and Nvidia’s fashions, making it a poorer match for smaller PC instances, whereas the Asus is likely one of the chunkiest playing cards I’ve ever seen and is subsequently extra prone to obscure a higher variety of PCIe slots in your motherboard than anything.

In any other case, although, all of them use the identical sort of energy connector combo, and their 8GB of GDDR6 reminiscence is all clocked on the identical pace as properly – not like the FE model of Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Super graphics card, for instance.

I’ve additionally used the identical PC parts to check all of them with, too – an Intel Core i7-8700Okay CPU, 16GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM, an Asus Prime Z370-P motherboard and an OCZ ZX850W energy provide. To the graphs!

RTX 2070 Tremendous: 1080p benchmarks

Beginning with Extremely settings at 1920×1080, every RTX 2070 Tremendous card’s efficiency is, properly, fairly related. The Asus and Zotac distinguish themselves in a few video games, providing at the very least one other 5fps extra over Nvidia’s card in Complete Struggle: Three Kingdoms, Ultimate Fantasy XV, and Murderer’s Creed Odyssey, however in any other case the Nvidia FE model of the RTX 2070 Tremendous is just about neck and neck with them, if not really a tad sooner – see Monster Hunter: World, The Witcher III and Forza Horizon four.

After all, none of it will imply something in any respect except you’ve acquired a excessive refresh charge monitor at your disposal, however up to now, the Asus and Zotac aren’t making a very nice case for themselves. The Asus is likely to be notably engaging in the event you spend a whole lot of time driving round with Noctis and his boy band prince friends in Ultimate Fantasy XV, as this was actually the one recreation the place I noticed a tangible distinction in efficiency throughout the board (particularly as soon as I began enabling the sport’s fancy Nvidia results), however within the grand scheme of issues, the Nvidia FE remains to be arguably the one which’s finest worth for cash right here out of those three specific RTX 2070 Tremendous playing cards.

RTX 2070 Tremendous: 1440p benchmarks

Actually, although, the principle purpose why you’d purchase an RTX 2070 Tremendous card is for flawless 60fps gaming on Extremely settings at 2560×1440 – and as soon as once more, it’s Nvidia’s FE model that arguably comes out on high right here.

In lots of instances, as an illustration, there was no distinction between the Asus and Zotac by any means. Within the video games which have inside recreation benchmarks, comparable to Complete Struggle, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Murderer’s Creed Odyssey and Metro Exodus, they each delivered precisely the identical common body charges, and within the video games that don’t have inside benchmarks obtainable, comparable to Ultimate Fantasy XV, Monster Hunter: World and The Witcher III, in addition they produced precisely the identical min-max body charges after I ran by the identical, repeated in-game sequence.

It’s uncommon to see two playing cards so intently aligned in conditions like this – at the very least in comparison with different card comparisons I’ve carried out prior to now, comparable to my RTX 2080 Super benchmark showdown and my RTX 2080 Ti face-off, and it as soon as once more proves that playing cards with sooner enhance clock speeds aren’t essentially that a lot better than their cheaper, slower siblings.

Maybe the true distinction may very well be present in every card’s ray tracing prowess, I believed? Alas, of the few video games that really help ray tracing in the mean time – specifically, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Metro Exodus out of this specific set of video games – every part was as soon as once more virtually an identical.

In Tomb Raider, for instance, with its ray traced shadows set to Extremely at 1440p with SMAATx2 anti-aliasing enabled, the Nvidia card managed a mean of 45fps (or 58fps with DLSS switched on), the Asus managed 47fps (and 59fps with DLSS), whereas the Zotac got here in with 45fps once more (albeit 61fps with DLSS). In Metro Exodus, the Nvidia and Asus managed 54fps on Medium at 1440p with ray tracing set to Excessive, whereas the Zotac got here in with 55fps. A lot for that principle, then.

Consequently, this as soon as once more solidifies the RX 5700 XT’s place as the higher worth card general right here, for whereas its Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Complete Struggle outcomes are maybe a bit on the low aspect in comparison with its RTX competitors, at the very least the previous may be rectified by dropping the sport’s anti-aliasing choice right down to SMAATx2, which provides it a beautiful excessive common of 71fps. The RTX playing cards, in the meantime, are available in between 78-80fps on this setting. In any other case, you’re nonetheless hitting close to 60fps with this card on high settings, together with just about an identical speeds in a handful of different video games.

RTX 2070 Tremendous: 4K benchmarks

The one occasion the place the RX 5700 XT actually comes undone is after we transfer as much as 4K, the place the RTX 2070 Tremendous positively has the higher hand – though as soon as once more, it’s a fairly shut race between Nvidia’s FE card and its Asus and Zotac rivals. On Medium settings, the Zotac card might be the quickest general, but it surely’s usually solely by a mean of a single body, and even then there are nonetheless loads of events the place the Nvidia card is forward, comparable to in Monster Hunter: World and The Witcher III.

RTX 2070 Tremendous: Which is finest?

Ultimately, it appears to be like just like the Nvidia Founders Version actually is the very best of the bunch relating to shopping for an RTX 2070 Tremendous card, which I realise isn’t a lot comfort when it appears to be bought out virtually all over the place. Useful! Nevertheless, if you’re eyeing up one among these playing cards in your subsequent improve, I’d positively suggest making an attempt to trace one down in the event you probably can. Whereas some video games will profit from playing cards with mildly sooner enhance clock speeds, I’m not satisfied it’s value spending one other £60-odd on the Asus, and positively not another £100-odd on the Zotac – at the very least for these shopping for within the UK.

Within the US, the costs are somewhat simpler to abdomen, however why spend one other $30 on the $530 Asus when a) the Nvidia FE model is actually obtainable over at Best Buy in the mean time, and b) it’s going to obscure a bunch of different slots in your motherboard?

I imply, it’s best to most likely nonetheless simply purchase an RX 5700 XT if I’m being trustworthy, however in the event you’re adamant about getting a card with ray tracing help and have gotten the additional money to spare, then the Nvidia RTX 2070 Tremendous FE is unquestionably the one to go for.