NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 230 Watt
3.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 2438

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 3 Mar 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026 vs 2438

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Around 58% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Around 18% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 841
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19834 vs 15914

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 841
PassMark - G3D Mark	19834 vs 15914

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

841

943

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15914

19834

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8026

2438

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	841	943
PassMark - G3D Mark	15914	19834
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026	2438
Geekbench - OpenCL		100202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		349.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7129.567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		34.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		197.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1699.337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		50772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		50772

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	RDNA 2.0
Code name	TU106	Navi 22
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	3 Mar 2021
Place in performance rating	52	50
Launch price (MSRP)		$479
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	2581 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS	13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176	2560
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s	165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	17200 million
Compute units		40
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches	40 mm (1.6 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 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches	110 mm (4.3 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6