AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 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
237
162
142
109
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p High22586
1080p Ultra18769
1440p Ultra14650
4K Ultra8628
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spy302687571
Solar Bay11900734179
Port Royal187154134
Fire Strike6605119768
Night Raid19923284918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blur427.4 frames/s144.4 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Mark1347747
DirectX 11294 fps110 fps
DirectX 1280 fps53 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps477.6 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps423 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps370.8 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps1884.9 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps2192.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps281.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.52405.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 15, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Turing
Codename Navi 48 TU106
Price 599 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 4096 1920
TMUs 256 120
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 64 30
Ray Tracing Cores 64 30
Tensor Cores 128 240
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 304 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 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 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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