NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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 Super
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
- 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 580 Watt
- 2.6x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5400 MHz
- Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.053 vs 19.441
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 2 July 2019 vs 24 June 2014 |
Core clock speed | 1470 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 28 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt vs 580 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz vs 5400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 27.053 vs 19.441 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2
- 2.6x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2176
Pipelines | 2x 2816 vs 2176 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 16573 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 859 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 87035 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 246.191 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 3885.018 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 27.053 | 19.441 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 165.463 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1271.757 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 20969 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5567 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 5026 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 20969 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5567 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 5026 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Turing | GCN 2.0 |
Code name | TU106 | Hawaii |
Launch date | 2 July 2019 | 24 June 2014 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $1,399 |
Place in performance rating | 145 | 282 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1470 MHz | 1000 MHz |
CUDA cores | 2176 | |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 89 C | |
Pipelines | 2176 | 2x 2816 |
Render output units | 64 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt | 580 Watt |
Transistor count | 10.8 B | 6,200 million |
Floating-point performance | 2x 5,632 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Port | 1.4 | |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
G-SYNC support | ||
HDCP | ||
HDMI | ||
Multi monitor support | ||
Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | |
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Height | 4.435” (112.6mm) | |
Length | 9.0” (228.60mm) | |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 550 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 8 pin | 4x 8-pin |
Width | 2-Slot | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.1 | 12.0 (12_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.4 | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2x 4 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 2x 345.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 2x 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 5400 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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Ansel | ||
HDMI 2.0b | ||
SLI | ||
VR Ready |