AMD Radeon RX 590 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 590 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
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
79
42
33
19
108
65
55
38
The Witcher 3
54
47
26
15
122
97
72
39
Counter-Strike 2
93
64
42
20
177
131
93
44
Far Cry 6
62
50
39
20
90
81
62
34
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
66
54
38
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
29
17
78
70
51
32
Ghost of Tsushima
36
25
17
10
61
46
36
21
Cyberpunk 2077
34
30
15
n/a
66
61
34
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
55
34
17
105
96
65
37
Avg FPS
1080p High5797
1080p Ultra4378
1440p Ultra2856
4K Ultra1531
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Time Spy47788738
Solar Bayn/a38651
Port Royaln/a5061
Fire Strike1652422534
Night Raid6205992073
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Background Blur69 frames/s155.7 frames/s
Face Detection38.2 frames/s93.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.75 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.31 Gpix/sec4.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.31 Gpix/sec4.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.38 Gpix/sec1.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching180.5 Gpix/sec381.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6238 fps10550.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
G2D Mark788856
DirectX 1165 fps130 fps
DirectX 1246 fps61 fps
GPU Compute3900 Ops/s6758 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)345.4 fps504.3 fps
Car Chase328.1 fps452.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)275.6 fps394.6 fps
T-Rex1275.2 fps1932.3 fps
ALU 21417.7 fps2370.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2266.8 fps279.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1012.62410.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 15, 2018 July, 9, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Codename Polaris 30 TU106
Price 279 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1469 MHz 1470 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1650 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2176
TMUs 144 136
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units n/a 34
Ray Tracing Cores No 34
Tensor Cores No 272
L1 cache 16 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 49 Gpix/sec 106 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTex/s 224 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 175 W 175 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 12 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 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 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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