AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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
112
59
47
28
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p High8986
1080p Ultra6869
1440p Ultra4750
4K Ultra2528
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spy76337571
Solar Bayn/a34179
Port Royaln/a4134
Fire Strike2231019768
Night Raid8663084918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blur123.2 frames/s144.4 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Mark870747
DirectX 1196 fps110 fps
DirectX 1252 fps53 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fps477.6 fps
Car Chase465.4 fps423 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fps370.8 fps
T-Rex1882.8 fps1884.9 fps
ALU 22438.2 fps2192.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fps281.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2278.92405.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 January, 15, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Codename Navi 10 TU106
Price 279 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 2304 1920
TMUs 144 120
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 30
Ray Tracing Cores No 30
Tensor Cores No 240
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 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

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