NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 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) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1247 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1680 MHz vs 1546 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 295 Watt
  • 7.4x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 217.04 vs 195.478
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3119.736 vs 2129.009
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.707 vs 14.889
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 133.975 vs 129.271
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 14744
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3717
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3358
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 14744
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3717
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3358
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2019 vs 7 August 2017
Core clock speed 1365 MHz vs 1247 MHz
Boost clock speed 1680 MHz vs 1546 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 295 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 217.04 vs 195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3119.736 vs 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.707 vs 14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 133.975 vs 129.271
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

  • 4.3x more pipelines: 8192 vs 1920
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 746
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204168 vs 71402
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1328.033 vs 1141.283
  • Around 34% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1669 vs 1242
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 8192 vs 1920
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14121 vs 14119
PassMark - G2D Mark 791 vs 746
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 vs 71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1328.033 vs 1141.283
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1669 vs 1242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14119
14121
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
746
791
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
71402
204168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
217.04
195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3119.736
2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.707
14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
133.975
129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1141.283
1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20094
14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7442
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6714
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20094
14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7442
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6714
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
1669
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
PassMark - G3D Mark 14119 14121
PassMark - G2D Mark 746 791
Geekbench - OpenCL 71402 204168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 217.04 195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3119.736 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.707 14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 133.975 129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.283 1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1242 1669

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU106 Vega 10
Launch date 7 January 2019 7 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $499
Place in performance rating 161 186
Price now $349.99 $449.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 62.74 41.07
Design Radeon RX Vega Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1680 MHz 1546 MHz
Core clock speed 1365 MHz 1247 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 1920 8192
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 295 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million 12,500 million
Compute units 64
Floating-point performance 12.7 TFLOPs
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.4 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 98.90 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 4096
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s
Texture Units 256

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 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bus width 192 Bit 2048 bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB/s

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore