NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs AMD Radeon RX 580X

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

AMD Radeon RX 580X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 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 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14150 vs 7798
Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70649 vs 41822
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 11616
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 4909
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 11616
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 4909

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2019 vs 3 April 2018
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1680 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 185 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	14150 vs 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL	70649 vs 41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20094 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7442 vs 4909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20094 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7442 vs 4909

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Around 20% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1920
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 885 vs 750
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 6714
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 6714

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2304 vs 1920
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	885 vs 750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294 vs 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294 vs 6714

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14150

7798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

885

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

70649

41822

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20094

11616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7442

4909

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6714

18294

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20094

11616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7442

4909

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6714

18294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	AMD Radeon RX 580X
PassMark - G3D Mark	14150	7798
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	885
Geekbench - OpenCL	70649	41822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3131.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20094	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7442	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6714	18294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20094	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7442	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6714	18294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7489

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	AMD Radeon RX 580X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 4.0
Code name	TU106	Polaris 20
Launch date	7 January 2019	3 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	150	162
Price now	$349.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop, Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	62.74
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1680 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1920	2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	10,800 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	2
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		256 GB/s
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready