AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 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
79
45
34
20
108
65
55
38
The Witcher 3
58
44
27
15
122
97
72
39
Counter-Strike 2
87
64
45
19
177
131
93
44
Far Cry 6
63
50
37
19
90
81
62
34
Hogwarts Legacy
36
26
21
11
66
54
38
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
43
28
15
78
70
51
32
Ghost of Tsushima
33
28
17
9
61
46
36
21
Cyberpunk 2077
33
29
15
n/a
66
61
34
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
65
57
31
19
105
96
65
37
Avg FPS
1080p High5697
1080p Ultra4378
1440p Ultra2856
4K Ultra1531
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
4432
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Time Spy48578738
Solar Bayn/a38651
Port Royaln/a5061
Fire Strike1438222534
Night Raid6014992073
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
43831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Background Blur93.3 frames/s155.7 frames/s
Face Detection48.3 frames/s93.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.68 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.43 Gpix/sec4.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.99 Gpix/sec4.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.48 Gpix/sec1.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching144.1 Gpix/sec381.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5990 fps10550.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
9104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
G2D Mark775856
DirectX 1156 fps130 fps
DirectX 1240 fps61 fps
GPU Compute4520 Ops/s6758 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)353.5 fps504.3 fps
Car Chasen/a452.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a394.6 fps
T-Rexn/a1932.3 fps
ALU 2n/a2370.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a279.9 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2410.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 12, 2019 July, 9, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Codename Navi 14 TU106
Price 169 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 1470 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1845 MHz 1650 MHz
Shader Units 1408 2176
TMUs 88 136
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units n/a 34
Ray Tracing Cores No 34
Tensor Cores No 272
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 59 Gpix/sec 106 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 162 GTex/s 224 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.2 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 130 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 158 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 37.97 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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