NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and AMD Radeon RX Vega videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1680 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14150 vs 12297
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70387 vs 67658
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 220.337 vs 205.049
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.852 vs 18.022
  • 9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 2094
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 2391
  • 9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 2094
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2019 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed 1365 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1680 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14150 vs 12297
Geekbench - OpenCL 70387 vs 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 220.337 vs 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.852 vs 18.022
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • 2.1x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1920
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 751
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4007.96 vs 3131.344
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.8 vs 135.923
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1292.989 vs 1141.283
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 6714
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 6714
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 1920
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4007.96 vs 3131.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.8 vs 135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1292.989 vs 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 6714

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14150
12297
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
751
882
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
70387
67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
220.337
205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3131.344
4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.852
18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.923
215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1141.283
1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20094
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7442
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6714
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20094
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7442
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6714
8455
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark 14150 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 70387 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 220.337 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3131.344 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.852 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.923 215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.283 1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7491

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.3
Code name TU106 Greenland
Launch date 7 January 2019 1 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $599.99
Place in performance rating 150 239
Price now $349.99 $409.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 62.74 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1680 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1365 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 1920 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bus width 192 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s