NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and AMD Radeon RX 580 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

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1257 MHz
• Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1680 MHz vs 1340 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
• Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 185 Watt
• Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
• Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14119 vs 8827
• Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71402 vs 39028
• Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 217.04 vs 116.142
• 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3119.736 vs 1022.932
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.707 vs 9.235
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 133.975 vs 84.034
• Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1141.283 vs 607.721
• Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 11281
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3695
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3349
• Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 11281
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3695
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3349
• Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1242 vs 1005

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

• Around 20% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1920
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 746

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	14119 8827
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	746 767
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	71402 39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	217.04 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3119.736 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.707 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	133.975 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1141.283 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	20094 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7442 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6714 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	20094 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7442 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6714 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1242 1005

Compare specifications (specs)