Radeon RX Vega 2 vs GeForce RTX 2060
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 131 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 16 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 40.35 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 15.74 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Vega (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | TU106 | Vega Raven Ridge |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 7 January 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1920 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 1365 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1680 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10,800 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 160 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 201.6 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.451 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 48 | no data |
| TMUs | 120 | no data |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 30 | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 336.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2019 | 7 January 2018 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 160 Watt | 15 Watt |
RTX 2060 has an age advantage of 1 year.
RX Vega 2, on the other hand, has 966.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 2 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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