AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1650 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Around 59% higher pipelines: 3456 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1128 vs 841
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22459 vs 15914

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 7 Dec 2021
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3456 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1128 vs 841
PassMark - G3D Mark	22459 vs 15914

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 245 Watt
2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 3312

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026 vs 3312

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1128

841

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22459

15914

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3312

8026

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1128	841
PassMark - G3D Mark	22459	15914
Geekbench - OpenCL	126914
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3312	8026

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 32	TU106
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	49	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	1650 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	3456	2176
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	184 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	10800 million
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
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 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	50 mm, 2 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)	550 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches	113 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6