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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 234.866 vs 205.048
  • 7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15485 vs 2094
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 2391
  • 7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15485 vs 2094
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 January 2019 vs 1 April 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 234.866 vs 205.048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15485 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15485 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • 2.1x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1920
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 9715
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 412
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 68096 vs 64091
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3986.188 vs 2849.031
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.468 vs 147.291
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1291.445 vs 809.639
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 3353
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 1920
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 vs 9715
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 412
Geekbench - OpenCL 68096 vs 64091
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3986.188 vs 2849.031
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.999 vs 17.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.468 vs 147.291
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1291.445 vs 809.639
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9715
12297
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
412
882
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
64091
68096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
234.866
205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2849.031
3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.956
17.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
147.291
215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
809.639
1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15485
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15485
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
8455
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark 9715 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark 412 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 64091 68096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 234.866 205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2849.031 3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.956 17.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 147.291 215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 809.639 1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15485 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15485 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5513

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.3
Code name TU106 Greenland
Launch date 6 January 2019 1 April 2017
Place in performance rating 243 242
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599.99
Price now $409.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 1920 4096
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt

Video outputs and ports

G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size large
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bus width 192 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz

Technologies

Multi Monitor
VR Ready