NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs AMD Radeon Pro V520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and AMD Radeon Pro V520 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

AMD Radeon Pro V520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 839 vs 525
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15920 vs 12258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 1 Dec 2020
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	839 vs 525
PassMark - G3D Mark	15920 vs 12258

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro V520

Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 230.4 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Around 6% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm

Texture fill rate	230.4 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro V520

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

839

525

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15920

12258

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	AMD Radeon Pro V520
PassMark - G2D Mark	839	525
PassMark - G3D Mark	15920	12258
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		16807
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		16807
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		37642
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		37642
Geekbench - OpenCL		62815

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	AMD Radeon Pro V520
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	RDNA 1.0
Code name	TU106	Navi 12
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	1 Dec 2020
Place in performance rating	74	71
Type		Server
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	460.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)	14.75 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS	7.373 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176	2304
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s	102.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	230.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million
Compute units		36
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	229 mm, 9 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches	111 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2