NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and AMD Radeon RX 6900 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 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1650 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
2.4x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1047 vs 839
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26736 vs 15920
2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 21042 vs 8023

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1047 vs 839
PassMark - G3D Mark	26736 vs 15920
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	21042 vs 8023

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

839

1047

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15920

26736

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8023

21042

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	839	1047
PassMark - G3D Mark	15920	26736
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8023	21042
Geekbench - OpenCL		165731
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	RDNA 2.0
Code name	TU106	Navi 21
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	74	73
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176	5120
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	26800 million
Compute units		80
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Triple-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches	50 mm (2 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	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm (4.7 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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6