AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 70% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1680 MHz
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1920
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19824 vs 14119
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 946 vs 746
  • Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 100473 vs 71402
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 349.422 vs 217.04
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7129.567 vs 3119.736
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 34.064 vs 21.707
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 197.183 vs 133.975
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1699.337 vs 1141.283
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 18062 vs 7442
  • 7.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 50772 vs 6714
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 18062 vs 7442
  • 7.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 50772 vs 6714
  • Around 96% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2435 vs 1242
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Mar 2021 vs 7 January 2019
Core clock speed 2321 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 2581 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Pipelines 2560 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19824 vs 14119
PassMark - G2D Mark 946 vs 746
Geekbench - OpenCL 100473 vs 71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 349.422 vs 217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7129.567 vs 3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 34.064 vs 21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 197.183 vs 133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1699.337 vs 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 18062 vs 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 50772 vs 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 18062 vs 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 50772 vs 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2435 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 15315
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 15315
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 230 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 15315

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19824
14119
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
946
746
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
100473
71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
349.422
217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7129.567
3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.064
21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
197.183
133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1699.337
1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15315
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18062
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
50772
6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15315
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18062
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
50772
6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2435
1242
Name AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G3D Mark 19824 14119
PassMark - G2D Mark 946 746
Geekbench - OpenCL 100473 71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 349.422 217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7129.567 3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 34.064 21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 197.183 133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1699.337 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15315 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 18062 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 50772 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15315 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 18062 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 50772 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2435 1242

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 22 TU106
Launch date 3 Mar 2021 7 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $479 $349
Place in performance rating 51 161
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2581 MHz 1680 MHz
Compute units 40
Core clock speed 2321 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 1920
Pixel fill rate 165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 17200 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6