AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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 - 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 6900 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1680 MHz
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 5120 vs 1920
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26857 vs 14150
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1049 vs 751
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161020 vs 70387
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 220.337
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 21.852
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 135.923
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 1141.283
  • 2.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20924 vs 7491
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 7 January 2019
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Pipelines 5120 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26857 vs 14150
PassMark - G2D Mark 1049 vs 751
Geekbench - OpenCL 161020 vs 70387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 vs 220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 vs 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 vs 135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 vs 1141.283
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 20924 vs 7491

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 17213
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3714
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3350
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 17213
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3714
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3350
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26857
14150
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1049
751
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
161020
70387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
543.753
220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.155
21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
320.733
135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566.9
1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17213
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17213
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
20924
7491
Name AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G3D Mark 26857 14150
PassMark - G2D Mark 1049 751
Geekbench - OpenCL 161020 70387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0 3131.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17213 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17213 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 20924 7491

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 21 TU106
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 7 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $349
Place in performance rating 70 150
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1680 MHz
Compute units 80
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5120 1920
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Triple-slot
Height 50 mm (2 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6