KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF Edition Review: With powerful triple-fan cooling
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In the price comparison, KFA2 is among the more affordable representatives in the market. But with the GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF, the manufacturer takes a different path, positioning this model slightly above the 500-Euro mark (~$547). Or to be exact, you currently have to pay 569 Euros (~$623) to buy this graphics card. However, the direct competitors such as the Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2070 Super or the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio are priced even higher, which puts the price of our test unit into perspective. On the other hand, there are also slightly more affordable graphics cards based on the GeForce RTX 2070 Super, but those have weaker cooling systems and do without RGB.
The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF is equipped with a very wide triple-fan cooling unit which takes up 2.5 slots and is able to dissipate the heat under load very well. Together with the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Super WTF, the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF shares the PCB, since both graphics cards use the same TU104 graphics chip. The built-in cooling unit is mostly made of plastic. In addition, the graphics card is ornamented by some visual accents, including RGB illumination. The back plate is made from metal and simultaneously serves as a passive cooling element. As a visual highlight, it incorporates some stars, which can be easily seen due to the stylish RGB illumination.
Compared to the reference model from Nvidia, the graphics card looks very different. But there are also some differences in the technical data, since the Boost clock speed of the KFA2 model is slightly higher than that of the Founders Edition from Nvidia.
The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames card uses two power connections (6 pin, 8 pin) internally. At 215 watts, the power consumption is as high as that of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super FE. Externally, our test unit offers three DisplayPort connections and one HDMI port. There is no USB Type-C connection, which is available in the Nvidia models.
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The Turing Specifications in Detail
Specifications | RTX 2060 | RTX 2060S | RTX 2070 | KFA2 RTX 2070S WTF | RTX 2070S | RTX 2080 | RTX 2080S | RTX 2080 Ti | Titan RTX |
Chip | TU106 | TU106 | TU106 | TU104 | TU104 | TU104 | TU104 | TU102 | TU102 |
Manufactured | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm |
Shader | 1920 | 2176 | 2304 | 2560 | 2560 | 2944 | 3072 | 4352 | 4608 |
Texture Units | 120 | 136 | 144 | 160 | 160 | 184 | 192 | 272 | 288 |
Tensor Cores | 240 | 272 | 288 | 320 | 320 | 368 | 384 | 544 | 572 |
RT Cores | 30 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 48 | 68 | 72 |
GPU Base Clock | 1365 MHz | 1470 MHz | 1410 MHz | 1605 MHz | 1605 MHz | 1515 MHz | 1650 MHz | 1350 MHz | 1350 MHz |
GPU Boost Clock | 1680 MHz | 1650 MHz | 1620 MHz | 1815 MHz | 1770 MHz | 1710 MHz | 1815 MHz | 1545 MHz | 1770 MHz |
Memory Bus | 192 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 352 Bit | 384 Bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 336 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 496,1 GB/s | 616 GB/s | 672 GB/s |
Memory Size | 6 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 11 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 |
Power (Watts) | 160 W | 175 W | 175 W | 215 W | 215 W | 215 W | 250 W | 250 W | 280 W |
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Our Test System: Based on AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
As our test system, we are using a current AMD platform based on the MSI MEG X570 Godlike. The CPU (AMD Ryzen 9 3900X) offers a good CPU performance and we are using an AIO (Be Quiet Silent Loop 280 mm) as cooling. The 16-GB working memory comes from G Skill and has a clock speed of 3600 MHz. As a monitor, we are using the Acer Predator XB321HK, which does not limit us due to its UHD capabilities. At this point, we would like to offer our thanks to AMD for providing us with a test platform.
For the following benchmarks, we are using this system:
- Corsair Carbide Air 540 ATX Cube
- AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- KFA 2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames (Nvidia 445.75 driver)
- MSI MEG X570 Godlike (BIOS 1.20, default settings, XMP 1 for DDR4-3600 CL16)
- Corsair RM 1000X power supply
- G-Skill Trident Z Royal gold DDR4-3600 storage kit 2 x 8 GB, set up for DDR4-3600 CL16-16-16-36
- Corsair MP600 2 TB M.2 PCIe-4.0 SSD
- Crucial MX500 2 TB (for games)
- Western Digital PC SN720 NVMe SSD 512GB (for games)
- Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 64-bit (version 1909)
The Clock Speeds of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames
Despite the very large and powerful cooler, KFA2 only changes one clock speed setting, which is the maximum Boost clock speed. This is 1815 MHz in the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF. The same also goes for the power limit, which at 215 watts at 100% is identical to the Founders Edition. Using the Extreme Tuner tool, which is made available by KFA2, you can also select the option 1 Click OC with this graphics card, which increases the basic clock speed by 15 MHz. In the past, we were unable to detect any noticeable improvement due to this small clock speed increase. This is also the case for the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF. In terms of more performance, we will take a look at overclocking at a later point in time.
Synthetic Benchmarks
In the synthetic tests, the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF ranges at the same level as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super FE. Compared to the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G, which is overclocked by the manufacturer by default, our test unit is able to assert itself in our competition. However, compared to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super FE, our KFA2 test unit remains about 10% behind. Basically, the performance of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF is able to keep up with an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT. Depending on the test, sometimes Nvidia is ahead and sometimes AMD is in the lead.
3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G |
Unigine Valley 1.0 | |
1920x1080 Extreme HD DirectX AA:x8 | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
1920x1080 Extreme HD Preset OpenGL AA:x8 | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
AMD Radeon VII |
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit | |
Room GPUs-only | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
Sala GPUs-only | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
SiSoft Sandra 2016 | |
Image Processing | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
GP Cryptography (Higher Security AES256+SHA2-512) | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
GP Financial Analysis (FP High/Double Precision) | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
3DMark 06 Standard Score | 44264 points | |
3DMark Vantage P Result | 74153 points | |
3DMark 11 Performance | 27896 points | |
3DMark Ice Storm Standard Score | 209066 points | |
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 55118 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Score | 22176 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Score | 11814 points | |
3DMark Time Spy Score | 10161 points | |
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Gaming Benchmarks
In the pure gaming tests, we can see an almost identical result as before in the synthetic benchmarks. Both of the RTX 2070 Super models (Nvidia and KFA2) again perform at a similar level. But at the same time the gaming performance throughout is slightly better than that of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.
The measured frame times show a good picture. While some single outliers are measurable, they are not noticeable. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super performed similarly in our test. During the load test where we use The Witcher 3 (Ultra preset), the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super WTF reaches high frame rates throughout without losing anything in terms of performance.
The Witcher 3 Frame Rate Development (Ultra Preset)
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1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:4x MS | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:4x MS | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:4x MS | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G |
Forza Horizon 4 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:2xMS | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:2xMS | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:2xMS | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super |
Monster Hunter World | |
1920x1080 Highest Preset (Image Quality High) | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
3840x2160 Highest Preset (Image Quality High) | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
2560x1440 Highest Preset (Image Quality High) | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
Far Cry 5 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:T | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:T | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
The Witcher 3 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
3840x2160 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off) | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
Watch Dogs 2 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Preset | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
3840x2160 High Preset | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 |
The Division | |
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AF:16x | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | |
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Work The Frames | |
AMD Radeon RX 5700 | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | |
MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z 8G | |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
AMD Radeon VII | |
3840x2160 High Preset AF:8x | |
Nvidia Titan RTX | |
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio |