NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon RX 560 XT 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 Super

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 973 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1073 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
2.1x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87035 vs 32333

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2019 vs 13 March 2019
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 973 MHz
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1073 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	87035 vs 32333

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

87035

32333

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	16576
PassMark - G2D Mark	859
Geekbench - OpenCL	87035	32333
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
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 RX 560 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 4.0
Code name	TU106	Ellesmere
Launch date	2 July 2019	13 March 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	145	720
Type	Desktop	Desktop
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1073 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	973 MHz
CUDA cores	2176
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	89 C
Pipelines	2176
Render output units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	10.8 B	5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
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		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.435” (112.6mm)
Length	9.0” (228.60mm)	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8 pin	1x 6-pin
Width	2-Slot
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	6600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6
Technologies
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready