RTX 2070

Written analysis

RTX 2070 at a glance

The RTX 2070 is based on the Turing architecture and is manufactured using the 12 nm process at TSMC. It ships with 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus , about 448 GB/s. Shader count is 2304 across 72 CU/SM. The board interface is PCIe 3.0 x16.

Reference board power is a moderate 175 W with 1x 8-pin. Final PSU and case requirements still depend on the specific partner card and the rest of the system.

VRAM capacity is entry-level at 8 GB. Best at 1080p / light 1440p. Newer titles at ultra can fill the buffer quickly.

Best fit: Basic gaming or display workloads where price, compatibility, and power matter more than high settings.

Gaming performance

RTX 2070 is a budget gaming GPU, at 20.98% of the dataset’s best 1440p raster performance. Keep the rest of the build in the same class.

1440p value is balanced at 59.3 performance per dollar.