AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 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
84
46
33
20
108
65
55
38
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
122
97
72
39
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
177
131
93
44
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
90
81
62
34
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
66
54
38
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
78
70
51
32
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
61
46
36
21
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
66
61
34
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
105
96
65
37
Avg FPS
1080p High6097
1080p Ultra4678
1440p Ultra3056
4K Ultra1531
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Time Spy49518738
Solar Bay1997938651
Port Royal3675061
Fire Strike1557722534
Night Raid6528192073
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Background Blur130.3 frames/s155.7 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s93.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec4.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec4.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec1.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec381.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps10550.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
G2D Mark810856
DirectX 1190 fps130 fps
DirectX 1238 fps61 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s6758 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps504.3 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps452.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps394.6 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps1932.3 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps2370.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps279.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.52410.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 July, 9, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 24 TU106
Price 199 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1470 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1650 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2176
TMUs 64 136
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units n/a 34
Ray Tracing Cores 16 34
Tensor Cores No 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 106 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 224 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 107 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 6 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 64 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 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 Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 0

User comments

Share your opinion or ask questions below