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
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| 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 |
| 1080p High | 225 | 97 |
| 1080p Ultra | 187 | 78 |
| 1440p Ultra | 146 | 56 |
| 4K Ultra | 86 | 31 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 30268 | 8738 |
| Solar Bay | 119007 | 38651 |
| Port Royal | 18715 | 5061 |
| Fire Strike | 66051 | 22534 |
| Night Raid | 199232 | 92073 |
| Background Blur | 427.4 frames/s | 155.7 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 251 frames/s | 93.7 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpix/sec | 3.81 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpix/sec | 4.91 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpix/sec | 4.89 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpix/sec | 1.09 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpix/sec | 381.7 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 fps | 10550.4 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 1347 | 856 |
| DirectX 11 | 294 fps | 130 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 80 fps | 61 fps |
| GPU Compute | 15847 Ops/s | 6758 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 1653.8 fps | 504.3 fps |
| Car Chase | 1403.1 fps | 452.3 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 1113.5 fps | 394.6 fps |
| T-Rex | 4704.1 fps | 1932.3 fps |
| ALU 2 | 8678.1 fps | 2370.8 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 313.1 fps | 279.9 fps |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | 6928.5 | 2410.6 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral 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
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.
Survey
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Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
COD Modern Warfare 3
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Shadow of the Tomb Raider