NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 64091 vs 61755
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 234.866 vs 153.117
Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2849.031 vs 1722.138
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.956 vs 11.901
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 147.291 vs 126.528
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15485 vs 12822
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15485 vs 12822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 January 2019 vs 14 August 2017
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	64091 vs 61755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	234.866 vs 153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2849.031 vs 1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.956 vs 11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	147.291 vs 126.528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15485 vs 12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15485 vs 12822

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Around 87% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 1920
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 9715
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 412
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1172.788 vs 809.639

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 1920
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12354 vs 9715
PassMark - G2D Mark	828 vs 412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1172.788 vs 809.639
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709 vs 3707

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9715

12354

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

828

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

64091

61755

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

234.866

153.117

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2849.031

1722.138

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.956

11.901

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

147.291

126.528

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

809.639

1172.788

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15485

12822

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15485

12822

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
PassMark - G3D Mark	9715	12354
PassMark - G2D Mark	412	828
Geekbench - OpenCL	64091	61755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	234.866	153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2849.031	1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.956	11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	147.291	126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	809.639	1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15485	12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15485	12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5513

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 5.0
Code name	TU106	Vega 10
Launch date	6 January 2019	14 August 2017
Place in performance rating	243	241
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1920	3584
Boost clock speed		1250 MHz
Core clock speed		1138 MHz
Floating-point performance		9,677 gflops
Texture fill rate		302.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		210 Watt
Transistor count		12,500 million
Video outputs and ports
G-SYNC support
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2
Memory bandwidth		402.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1572 MHz
Technologies
Multi Monitor
VR Ready