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Fire Strike Ultra runs at 4K resolution. All for an extra nine dollars! And while we
render the same scene, but with more intense covered this in more detail in our original

graphical effects as you move up
the scale, so that Extreme and 3DMark Fire Strike

Ultra flavors stress GPUs even (GPU score)
more. We record the graphics 19,463
Nvidia GeForce RTX
9,050
score to eliminate variance from 2060 (FE) 4,201
the CPU. 23,186
Radeon RX 5700 11,063
We test thermals by leaving 5,345
either AMD’s Wattman (for 23,201
Sapphire Radeon RX 11,062
Radeon GPUs) or EVGA’s 5700 Pulse
5,370
Precision X1 (for GeForce GPUs) 22,282
Nvidia GeForce RTX 10,562
open during the F1 2018 five-lap 2060 Super (FE) 5,135
power draw test, noting the 26,354
Radeon RX 5700 XT 12,503
highest maximum temperature at 6,019
the end. 25,792
Nvidia GeForce RTX
12,308
We test power draw by 2070 Super (FE) 5,937
looping the F1 2018 benchmark Standard Extreme Ultra

for about 20 minutes after we’ve LONGER BARS INDICATE BET TER PERFORMANCE
benchmarked everything else,

and noting the highest reading GPU temperature under load
on our Watts Up Pro meter. The (Celsius)
initial part of the race, where all Nvidia GeForce RTX
2060 (FE) 67
competing cars are onscreen
simultaneously, tends to be the Radeon RX 5700 78

most demanding portion.
Sapphire Radeon RX
No surprises here. The 5700 Pulse 71
slightly overclocked Sapphire
Nvidia GeForce RTX 73
Pulse draws slightly more power 2060 Super (FE)
than the reference Radeon RX
Radeon RX 5700 XT 86
5700, while its dual-axial cooler
provides much better cooling. Nvidia GeForce RTX
2070 Super (FE) 76
It’s also significantly quieter even
SHORTER BARS INDICATE BET TER PERFORMANCE
in Performance mode. Not bad

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