NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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. 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 Vega 56 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1680 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	7 January 2019 vs 1 June 2018
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	1680 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 33% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8917 vs 7442
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8917 vs 7442

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8917 vs 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8917 vs 7442

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7442

8917

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7442

8917

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	14151
PassMark - G2D Mark	750
Geekbench - OpenCL	70668
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7442	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7442	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7489

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 5.0
Code name	TU106	Vega 10
Launch date	7 January 2019	1 June 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	150	134
Price now	$349.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	62.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1680 MHz	1301 MHz
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1920
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	10,800 million	12,500 million
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
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6