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

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 6 January 2019
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 417
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3707

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9791 vs 8803
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 59513 vs 42314
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15485 vs 12069
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15485 vs 12069
Around 16% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5596 vs 4813

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9791 vs 8803
Geekbench - OpenCL	59513 vs 42314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15485 vs 12069
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15485 vs 12069
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5596 vs 4813

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8803

9791

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

417

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

42314

59513

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

15485

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3707

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

15485

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3707

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3353

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4813

5596

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	8803	9791
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	417
Geekbench - OpenCL	42314	59513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069	15485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069	15485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813	5596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		234.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2849.031
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		147.291
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		809.639

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	Turing
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	6 January 2019
Place in performance rating	257	248
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Code name		TU106
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1670 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.4 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	59 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408
Texture fill rate	162.36 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million
Manufacturing process technology		12 nm
Pipelines		1920
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Multi Monitor
VR Ready
Video outputs and ports
G-SYNC support
API support
DirectX		12.1
Vulkan