AMD Radeon 780M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 780M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1650 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
12.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 184 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 850

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 7 Dec 2021
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 184 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 850

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 224.4 GTexel/s vs 139.2 GTexel/s
2.8x more pipelines: 2176 vs 768
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15977 vs 6998
16.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 480

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s vs 139.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2176 vs 768
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977 vs 6998
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026 vs 480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

879

850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6998

15977

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

8026

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793
PassMark - G2D Mark	879	850
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998	15977
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	480	8026

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Turing
Code name	Phoenix	TU106
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	240	54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	1650 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	768	2176
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	184 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		7.181 TFLOPS
Transistor count		10800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Height		35 mm, 1.4 inches
Length		229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Width		113 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR6