AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 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
76
38
33
15
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p High5286
1080p Ultra3969
1440p Ultra2650
4K Ultra1328
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spy43537571
Solar Bayn/a34179
Port Royal5274134
Fire Strike1497919768
Night Raid5687684918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blur59.5 frames/s144.4 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Mark767747
DirectX 1160 fps110 fps
DirectX 1243 fps53 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a477.6 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
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
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 High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Codename Polaris 20 TU106
Price 229 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 2304 1920
TMUs 144 120
ROPs 32 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 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 185 W 160 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 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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