AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1920
Cores336 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2060
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce RTX 2060
$349 • Jan 2019
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
6GB GDDR6 160W $229.99 Jan 2019
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 160 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 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 | 49.44 GPixel/s | 80.64 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 336 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 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 8-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
4611
AMD Radeon RX 590
7379 (+60%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
78934 (+72%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
61.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 590
89.8 FPS (+47%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
14122 (+51%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Game Benchmarks Comparison (219 benchmarks)
King's Bounty II
8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Fulqrum Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+64%)
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 94 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+70%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+67%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
HUMANKIND
8.3 2021 • Strategy AMPLITUDE Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+69%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+59%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+48%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Forgotten City
8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG Modern Storyteller
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+56%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 94 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+65%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+67%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Ascent
8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Neon Giant
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+62%)
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+47%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+71%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Total War ROME REMASTERED
7.5 2021 • Strategy Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+62%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+55%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+42%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Demon Skin
8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Ludus future
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+59%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+61%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+53%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Wins!
Based on 219 benchmarks across 71 games
42
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+42.7%
61
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
5
Wins
42
Avg FPS
36
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
212
Wins
61
Avg FPS
51
Min FPS
97%
Win Rate
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