AMD Radeon RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

AMD Radeon RX 590 $279
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 $349
2304 Shaders
8GB GDDR5
1545MHz
1920 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1680MHz
Peak AI Performance
7.12 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
206.44 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
FP32
7.12 TFLOPS
FP32
6.45 TFLOPS
FP16
7.12 TFLOPS
FP16
12.9 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
225W
TDP
160W
Power Connectors
1x 8-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 8-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 97% slower vs GeForce RTX 2060
  • 28.99x faster vs Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590 - 7.12 TFLOPS FP16
x1
GeForce RTX 2060 - 206.44 TOPS INT4 Tensor
x28.99

FP32

  • 10% faster vs GeForce RTX 2060
  • 9% slower vs Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590 - 7.12 TFLOPS FP32
x1.1
GeForce RTX 2060 - 6.45 TFLOPS FP32
x1

FP16

  • 45% slower vs GeForce RTX 2060
  • 81% faster vs Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590 - 7.12 TFLOPS FP16
x1
GeForce RTX 2060 - 12.9 TFLOPS FP16
x1.81
  • 24% slower vs GeForce RTX 2060
  • 31% faster vs Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590 - 256GB/s
x1
GeForce RTX 2060 - 336GB/s
x1.31
  • 41% higher vs GeForce RTX 2060
  • 29% lower vs Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590 - 225W
x1.41
GeForce RTX 2060 - 160W
x1
  • 36% slower vs GeForce RTX 2060
  • 57% faster vs Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590 - GB6 OpenCL 51,045
x1
GeForce RTX 2060 - GB6 OpenCL 80,245
x1.57
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 70,345
23%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 77,810
22%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 60,540
29%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 190
25%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 4
Architecture
Turing
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
GeForce 20
Codename
Ellesmere
Polaris 30
Variant
Polaris 30 XT
Codename
NV166
TU106
Variant
TU106-200A-KA-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/15/2018
Release Date
1/15/2019
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
12LP
Fabrication Node
12FFN
Die Size
232 mm²
Die Size
445 mm²
Transistor Count
5.7 Billion
Transistor Count
10.8 Billion
Transistor Density
24.57M/mm²
Transistor Density
24.27M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2304 Shaders
Shading Units
1920 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
120 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
-
-
Tensor Cores
240 T-Cores
-
-
Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
Compute Units
36 CUs
-
-
-
-
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
1469MHz Base
1545MHz
1365MHz Base
1680MHz
Peak AI Performance
7.12 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
206.44 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
FP16
7.12 TFLOPS
-
-
FP16
12.9 TFLOPS
51.61 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
25.81 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
FP32
7.12 TFLOPS
FP32
6.45 TFLOPS
FP64
440 GFLOPS
FP64
200 GFLOPS
-
-
BF16
25.81 TFLOPS Tensor
-
-
TF32
25.81 TFLOPS Tensor
-
-
INT4
206.44 TOPS Tensor
-
-
INT8
103.22 TOPS Tensor
-
-
INT32
6.45 TOPS
-
-
Ray Tracing
19.5 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
80.64 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
222.48 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
201.6 GTexel/s
L1
-
-
16KB/CU
L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
-
L2
2MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
8GB
GDDR5
6GB
GDDR6
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
256GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
TDP
225W
TDP
160W
-
-
Temp
88°C Max
-
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0
-
1x DVI-D Dual-Link
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0
1x USB-C + DP
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCE 3.0
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Model
UVD 6.3
Model
NVDEC 4
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
-
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
-
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
-
-
GFX
8
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
2x Fans
2x Fans
Power Connectors
1x 8-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 8-Pin
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
-
-
-
-
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
Height
112.6 mm (4.43 in)
Width
228.6 mm (9 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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