AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 6700

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1941 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 352.8 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Around 6% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 184 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 904 vs 841
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18655 vs 15893
Around 39% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11148 vs 8017

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1941 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 184 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	904 vs 841
PassMark - G3D Mark	18655 vs 15893
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11148 vs 8017

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB

Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 9 Jun 2021
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 10 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

904

841

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

18655

15893

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

11148

8017

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	904	841
PassMark - G3D Mark	18655	15893
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11148	8017
Geekbench - OpenCL	89523

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6700	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 22	TU106
Launch date	9 Jun 2021	7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	63	67
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz	1650 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1941 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	705.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	22.58 TFLOPS (2:1)	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.29 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2176
Pixel fill rate	156.8 GPixel/s	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	184 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	10800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	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	10 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	160 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6