AMD Radeon RX 560 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 560, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 560 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
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
34
17
15
n/a
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
15
15
9
n/a
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
33
19
15
n/a
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
28
19
13
n/a
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
13
11
n/a
n/a
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
26
22
17
9
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
n/a
n/a
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
12
10
n/a
n/a
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
19
13
n/a
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p High2286
1080p Ultra1669
1440p Ultra1150
4K Ultra-28
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
1769
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spy18577571
Solar Bayn/a34179
Port Royaln/a4134
Fire Strike649519768
Night Raid2551084918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
19139
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blur34 frames/s144.4 frames/s
Face Detection17.6 frames/s75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.69 Gpix/sec3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.43 Gpix/sec4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.15 Gpix/sec4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2232.5 fps8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 560
3657
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Mark487747
DirectX 1124 fps110 fps
DirectX 1220 fps53 fps
GPU Compute1449 Ops/s5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 560
25.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)144.3 fps477.6 fps
Car Chasen/a423 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a370.8 fps
T-Rexn/a1884.9 fps
ALU 2n/a2192.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a281.3 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2405.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 January, 15, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Codename Polaris 21 TU106
Price 99 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 1175 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1275 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1920
TMUs 64 120
ROPs 16 48
Execution Units n/a 30
Ray Tracing Cores No 30
Tensor Cores No 240
L1 cache 16 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 75 W 160 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 123 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 24.39 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 560
112 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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