AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1920
Cores336 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2060
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce RTX 2060
$349 • Jan 2019
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
6GB GDDR6 160W $229.99 Jan 2019
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 150 W | 160 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1920 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 30 |
| TMUs | 144 | 120 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 80.64 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 336 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 6.451 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 445 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 10800 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3980
AMD Radeon RX 480
7379 (+85%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
78934 (+105%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 480
89.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
14122 (+65%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Game Benchmarks Comparison (174 benchmarks)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+41%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+51%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+76%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Valheim
8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access Iron Gate AB
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+117%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+133%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+100%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
King Arthur Knight's Tale
8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy NeocoreGames
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+76%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 104 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+80%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+96%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
A Total War Saga TROY
8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+97%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+105%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+118%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+76%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+90%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+105%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Baldur's Gate 3
7.3 2023 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+65%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+66%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+75%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Wins!
Based on 174 benchmarks across 57 games
36
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+68.8%
60
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
2
Wins
36
Avg FPS
30
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
170
Wins
60
Avg FPS
50
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
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