AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 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
237
162
142
109
108
65
55
38
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
122
97
72
39
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
177
131
93
44
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
90
81
62
34
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
66
54
38
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
78
70
51
32
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
61
46
36
21
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
66
61
34
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
105
96
65
37
Avg FPS
1080p High22597
1080p Ultra18778
1440p Ultra14656
4K Ultra8631
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Time Spy302688738
Solar Bay11900738651
Port Royal187155061
Fire Strike6605122534
Night Raid19923292073
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Background Blur427.4 frames/s155.7 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s93.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec4.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec4.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec381.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps10550.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
G2D Mark1347856
DirectX 11294 fps130 fps
DirectX 1280 fps61 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s6758 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps504.3 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps452.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps394.6 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps1932.3 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps2370.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps279.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.52410.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 July, 9, 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 599 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1470 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1650 MHz
Shader Units 4096 2176
TMUs 256 136
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units 64 34
Ray Tracing Cores 64 34
Tensor Cores 128 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 106 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 224 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 304 W 175 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 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 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 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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