Nvidia RTX Super vs AMD Navi – 2021 Revisit!

1. Introduction & Test Setup2. The Benchmarks, Part 13. The Benchmarks, Part 24. The DLSS Difference5. Performance Summary & Head-to-Head6. Closing Thoughts7. View All Pages

Taking a look at the average performance of all four GPUs across 1080p and 1440p resolution, we can see that the RTX 2070 Super is indeed faster than the RX 5700 XT, by 7% at 1080p and 8% at 1440p. The RX 5700 XT is itself 10% faster than the RTX 2060 Super at 1080p, and 11% faster at 1440p. Meanwhile, the RX 5700 is neck-and-neck with the RTX 2060 Super, proving just 2% slower on average at both 1080p and 1440p.

For a more detailed breakdown, below we plot the performance differences between GPUs on a per-game basis.

Starting with the RX 5700 XT's performance relative to the RTX 2070 Super at 1080p, we can see the RX 5700 XT is clearly the slower of the two. Not always by a lot, and it is still faster in six of the twenty-seven games we tested. There are a few significant losses however, most notably in Guardians of the Galaxy, while Unreal Engine 4 titles – including Days Gone and Kena: Bridge of Spirits – also show sizeable performance deficits.

Still, across the twenty games (of twenty-seven) where the RX 5700 XT proved slower than the RTX 2070 Super, the margin was by 10% or less in twelve of those games, so overall performance generally isn't far behind the RTX 2070 Super at all – and certainly not when considering the RX 5700 XT launched with a price tag 20% lower than its Nvidia rival.

Stepping up to 1440p does see the RX 5700 XT fall slightly further behind, but not by massive amounts – it's now only faster than the RTX 2070 Super in four of the games tested, while it's more than 10% slower in twelve of the twenty-size games tested.

Comparing the RX 5700 XT to the RTX 2060 Super however, shows a different story. Here, the 5700 XT is only slower than the Nvidia GPU in two of the games we tested, while it is up to 27% faster in Hitman 3. In fourteen different games, the 5700 XT proved faster by 10% or more.

The RX 5700 XT does slightly better against the RTX 2060 Super once we step up to 1440p as well. Here, in the two games where it is slower, the deficit is cut to just 6% in both instances. On the other side, the 5700 XT is 28% and 29% faster in Borderlands 3 and Hitman 3, respectively.

Moving on, we are now looking at the RX 5700 (non-XT) up against the RTX 2060 Super. Despite the RX 5700 launching at £329, making it £50 cheaper than the RTX 2060 Super, things are generally neck-and-neck across our testing. There are a few results where we see significant performance swings – like Crysis 3 Remastered, Hitman 3 and Guardian's of the Galaxy – but twenty-three of the games tested see less than a 10% difference either way, and fifteen of those show a difference of 5% or less.

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Not a whole lot changes at 1440p, too. There's still a handful of titles where we can see a significant difference in relative performance, but by and large the performance split is quite even. The RTX 2060 Super is still 2% faster on average, but that's more than close enough to call things a draw, as in most titles you wouldn't be able to tell these two GPUs apart.

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