AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p High13286
1080p Ultra10669
1440p Ultra7650
4K Ultra4228
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spy128077571
Solar Bay5015734179
Port Royal61624134
Fire Strike3584419768
Night Raid13074384918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blur245.8 frames/s144.4 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Mark946747
DirectX 11174 fps110 fps
DirectX 1277 fps53 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps477.6 fps
Car Chase840 fps423 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps370.8 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps1884.9 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps2192.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps281.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.42405.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 January, 15, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 22 TU106
Price 479 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1920
TMUs 160 120
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 30
Ray Tracing Cores 40 30
Tensor Cores n/a 240
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 230 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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 Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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