Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
99
62
49
35
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High86155
1080p Ultra69127
1440p Ultra5094
4K Ultra2855
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy757116983
Solar Bay3417964114
Port Royal41349710
Fire Strike1976839013
Night Raid84918155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur144.4 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark7471191
DirectX 11110 fps187 fps
DirectX 1253 fps57 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase423 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1884.9 fpsn/a
ALU 22192.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2405.1n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing RDNA 4.0
Codename TU106 Navi 44
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 1920 2048
TMUs 120 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 32
Ray Tracing Cores 30 32
Tensor Cores 240 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 160 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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