Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
332
242
231
183
108
65
55
38
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
122
97
72
39
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
177
131
93
44
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
90
81
62
34
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
66
54
38
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
78
70
51
32
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
61
46
36
21
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
66
61
34
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
105
96
65
37
Avg FPS
1080p High30197
1080p Ultra25878
1440p Ultra20956
4K Ultra12631
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Time Spy475158738
Solar Bay21322938651
Port Royal375295061
Fire Strike9020022534
Night Raid20901692073
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Background Blur333 frames/s155.7 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s93.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec4.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec4.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec381.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps10550.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
G2D Mark1444856
DirectX 11344 fps130 fps
DirectX 12195 fps61 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s6758 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps504.3 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps452.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps394.6 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps1932.3 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps2370.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps279.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.72410.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 July, 9, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB202-300-A1 TU106
Price 1999 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1470 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1650 MHz
Shader Units 21760 2176
TMUs 680 136
ROPs 176 64
Execution Units 170 34
Ray Tracing Cores 170 34
Tensor Cores 680 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 106 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 224 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 575 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 512 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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