AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 417
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 vs 6 January 2019
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 vs 417
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

  • Around 36% higher pipelines: 1920 vs 1408
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9789 vs 9164
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 59513 vs 44853
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 234.866 vs 128.135
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2849.031 vs 2024.814
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.956 vs 13.328
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 147.291 vs 125.474
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 809.639 vs 742.778
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15485 vs 11075
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15485 vs 11075
  • Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5596 vs 4892
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1920 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9789 vs 9164
Geekbench - OpenCL 59513 vs 44853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 234.866 vs 128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2849.031 vs 2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.956 vs 13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 147.291 vs 125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 809.639 vs 742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15485 vs 11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15485 vs 11075
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5596 vs 4892

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9164
9789
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
417
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
44853
59513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
128.135
234.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2024.814
2849.031
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.328
17.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
125.474
147.291
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
742.778
809.639
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
15485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11075
15485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4892
5596
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 9164 9789
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 417
Geekbench - OpenCL 44853 59513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135 234.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814 2849.031
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328 17.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474 147.291
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 742.778 809.639
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075 15485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075 15485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4892 5596

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Code name Navi 14 TU106
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 6 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 288 248
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 1920
Pixel fill rate 59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.1
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Multi Monitor
VR Ready