Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs. AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT: 2022 Update

For those of you that missed information technology, final calendar week we revisited the battle between the electric current-gen $400 GPUs: the Radeon RX 5700 XT and GeForce RTX 2060 Super. Since we tested them both at launch nigh seven months agone, we've seen new drivers, new games and game updates, yet nosotros institute a very similar state of affairs that can be summarized every bit a slight performance reward going the way of the Radeon GPU, to the tune of 8% faster on average at 1440p gaming.

Coming abroad from that review two things were articulate: many of you wanted an update between the 5700 XT and the more than expensive RTX 2070 Super, every bit well as the inclusion of DLSS results for the games that support the much improved DLSS 2.0. So today we're going to include both of those things.

To put things in proper perspective before we begin, the RTX 2070 Super is the more than expensive GPU starting at around $500, while the 5700 XT comes in at $400 and upwards, making the Radeon at least 25% cheaper.

In addition to the 2070 Super, we've added the original RTX 2070 to the mix every bit many readers were as well requesting this. We've tested 35 games in total for this comparison and we'll bear witness you DLSS results for the 2060 Super, 2070 and 2070 Super in Control and Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

All tests were conducted using our Cadre i9-9900K GPU test organisation clocked at 5 GHz with 16GB of DDR4-3400 memory. Nosotros're roofing 1080p and 1440p resolutions although the focus of the word will exist on the 1440p data. Allow'due south get into the results…

Benchmarks

Showtime up we take Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. This was a clear win for the 5700 XT over the 2060 Super every bit information technology offered 22% more frames at 1440p. Surprisingly, fifty-fifty when compared to the RTX 2070 Super, the 5700 XT is the superior performer, fifty-fifty if information technology'southward just by a 5% margin. This is a truly impressive result for AMD given how much cheaper the Radeon GPU is.

The 2070 Super is able to pull ahead in Ghost Recon Breakpoint making it 7% faster than the 5700 XT at 1440p. Notably though, the 1% depression performance in the GeForce was quite a bit better at 16% faster.

The 5700 XT and RTX 2070 Super are cervix and neck in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, delivering 87 fps on average at 1440p. The original 2070 and 2060 Super are also a lucifer and it appears as though the increased clock frequency of the 2060 Super cores makes upwards for having less of them.

Operation was competitive in Gears 5, here the 5700 XT edged ahead at 1080p while the 2070 Super managed to push itself into the lead at 1440p past a slim margin. This is another title where the Radeon GPU is able to punch above its weight grade.

Moving on to Control, this is one of the games with DLSS 2.0 support and we'll check out those results presently. For at present here is native 1080p and 1440p performance. The 5700 XT just manages to edge out the 2060 Super in Control while the 2070 Super is 16% faster at 1440p. This won't fully justify the 25% increase in cost, but perhaps enabling DLSS will assist here.

Next up we take Metro Exodus and here the 5700 XT easily beats the 2060 Super. And then much so that information technology's able to match the 2070 Super likewise. Technically the Radeon GPU performs better in this title with more consistent frame time operation, for whatever reason the 2070 Super struggled to amend upon the 1% low consequence of the standard 2070 and 2060 Super.

In Resident Evil 3, the 2070 Super is able to border out the 5700 XT beating it past a seven% margin at 1440p. Here the 5700 XT performs closer to the 2070 Super than it does the 2060 Super, so this is remains a good result for AMD.

Nvidia puts upward a much more convincing fight in Doom Eternal, beating the 5700 XT with the 2070 Super past a 21% margin.

Some other game where the 5700 XT but managed to match the 2060 Super is Fortnite using the DX12 mode. Both $400 GPUs average around 90 fps, while the 2070 Super is 17% faster, averaging but over 100 fps.

PUBG is another game where Radeon performance is a bit iffy, performing a tad below the RTX 2060 Super. Frame rates for the 5700 XT relative to the GeForce competition are much worse in this title, here the RTX 2070 Super is 21% faster.

Borderlands 3 has become an AMD special, much like what Forza Horizon 4 was for quite some time. It's a major outlier in our testing but the results are accurate, The 5700 XT is a whopping 32% faster than the 2060 Super and 13% faster than the 2070 Super. Whatever optimizations were done here, clearly they are working.

Finally, we accept Battleground V, where the 5700 XT is able to friction match the 2070 Super with an boilerplate of 100 fps at 1440p. This is a keen showing from the $400 Radeon GPU and stellar frame rates for a title that looks and then skillful at 1440p.

Functioning Breakdown

Overall you can tell the GeForce RTX 2070 Super was faster near of the time, but considering the difference in price it certainly looked every bit though the Radeon RX 5700 XT kept holding its own. The performance breakdown graphs below accept the full listing of 35 games we tested.

Looking at the full 1080p data outset, the Radeon GPU 5700 is 6% slower than the 2070 Super, suffering information technology'southward biggest loses in The Outer Worlds, War Thunder, Vermintide ii, Doom Eternal and PlayerUnknown'southward Battlegrounds.

Information technology'due south also worth noting that in 15 of the 35 games tested the margin was 5% or less.

When testing at 1440p the margin is increased by a single percent, and then the RTX 2070 is nearly 7% faster than the 5700 XT. This is basically the aforementioned margin nosotros observed between the two GPUs 7 months ago when nosotros showtime tested them in a comparison review. There's been some changes to the games used for testing and the margins in a few titles have inverse, but at the finish of the day nosotros stop upward with a similar result.

But what if we enabled DLSS in Control and Wolfenstein: Youngblood?

DLSS, Anyone?

Enabling DLSS in Command we see massive gains and delight notation this is the quality DLSS manner as nosotros're running the highest possible DLSS resolution at 1440p.

Frame rates for the 2070 Super were improved by 66% and lx% for the 2060 Super. This means the 2060 Super is at present 48% faster than the 5700 XT while the 2070 Super is an obscene 93% faster.

Taking into account we're talking about comparable prototype quality between the 5700 XT and 2070 Super using DLSS, this is a devastating result for the Radeon. The just trouble for Nvidia and current RTX owners is that for now, a mere iv games back up DLSS 2.0.

We also tested Wolfenstein: Youngblood and here DLSS has far less impact on performance. This may exist because frame rates were already very high to begin with. DLSS ii.0 all the same takes a certain amount of time to compute and this creates a bit of a bottleneck for higher-end GPUs, or in games that don't require loads of rendering power such as Youngblood.

That's non to say we didn't run into a performance uplift. The 2070 Super saw a 17% jump and given we're not seeing any noticeable reduction in epitome quality -- under close scrutiny we'd say information technology's exactly the same -- this is a big win for DLSS.

The RTX 2060 Super was slower than the 5700 XT without DLSS, enabling it in this game allows the GeForce GPU to take the lead by a 15% margin. The 2070 Super is now also 37% faster, in a convincing win for the green team with DLSS enabled.

Taking into business relationship those big DLSS-enabled gains in Wolfenstein and Control, the 5700 XT is now 9% slower on average at 1440p when compared to the RTX 2070 Super.

Manifestly, for DLSS to cripple AMD and take a more meaningful touch on for RTX owners, Nvidia needs to drastically ameliorate game support. We're not sure when and if that's going to happen, but for at present it'due south an impressive technology that works well in the few games we've tested.

What We Learned

Nvidia has done a great job of reinventing what DLSS is and how it works. They take without question come up a long mode from those horribly blurry initial implementations, and so kudos to them. The problem is now game support, we need a lot more than of it, but we believe yous'll simply meet DLSS support in Nvidia sponsored titles (Nvidia GameWorks) and if that is the case, non plenty games will come across DLSS support. The fact that AMD is powering next-gen consoles from Sony and Microsoft is non an encouraging sign either, but we'll just accept to await and run across.

When looking at today's pricing, the GeForce costs 25% more with nearly cards on retail starting around $520 and upward, while we could also find plenty of 5700 XT's available around the $400 MSRP or slightly above it for the better equipped models, which we fully recommend.

In terms of value, the 2070 Super tin can't attain the levels of the Radeon 5700 XT. But if you prioritize functioning and then the Nvidia GPU can exist the amend choice. For those of you wanting to game at 4K in item, the 2070 Super is worth spending the extra $100, every bit the ix% boost it offers on boilerplate does typically translate into a better gaming experience.

Bottom line, while we recollect the 5700 XT is somewhat of an obvious selection when compared to the similarly priced 2060 Super, the right option is less obvious when comparison with the RTX 2070 Super. For about gamers targeting 1080p or 1440p the Radeon RX 5700 XT offers the all-time value, but if yous're seeking maximum performance at 1440p or beyond, then the 2070 Super might be worth spending a little extra on. Either way you can't become wrong as both GPUs deliver exceptional performance.