AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 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
213
142
118
87
108
65
55
38
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
122
97
72
39
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
177
131
93
44
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
90
81
62
34
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
66
54
38
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
78
70
51
32
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
61
46
36
21
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
66
61
34
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
105
96
65
37
Avg FPS
1080p High19097
1080p Ultra15678
1440p Ultra12156
4K Ultra7031
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Time Spy207818738
Solar Bay8674138651
Port Royal105195061
Fire Strike5732322534
Night Raid15975992073
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Background Blur231.6 frames/s155.7 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s93.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec4.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec4.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec381.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps10550.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
G2D Mark1051856
DirectX 11278 fps130 fps
DirectX 12113 fps61 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s6758 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps504.3 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps452.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps394.6 fps
T-Rex4360 fps1932.3 fps
ALU 26645 fps2370.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps279.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.82410.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 July, 9, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 21 TU106
Price 999 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1470 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1650 MHz
Shader Units 5120 2176
TMUs 320 136
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units n/a 34
Ray Tracing Cores 80 34
Tensor Cores n/a 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 106 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 224 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 300 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 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 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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