NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1138 MHz
  • Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1301 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Launch date 2 July 2019 vs 1 June 2018
Core clock speed 1470 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1301 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8917 vs 5567
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8917 vs 5567
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8917 vs 5567
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8917 vs 5567

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5567
8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5567
8917
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
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
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 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5026
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5567 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5026
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU106 Vega 10
Launch date 2 July 2019 1 June 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 145 134
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 1301 MHz
Core clock speed 1470 MHz 1138 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 120 Watt
Transistor count 10.8 B 12,500 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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.435” (112.6mm)
Length 9.0” (228.60mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8 pin
Width 2-Slot
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
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 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready