GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs Radeon Instinct MI25

Place in the ranking	389	176
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Vega 10	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)

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	4096	1920
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	960 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	384.0	144.0
Floating-point processing power	12.29 TFLOPS	4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	256	120
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	852 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	436.2 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
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	No outputs	No outputs
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)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	40−45 −163%	105 +163%
1440p	27−30 −141%	65 +141%
4K	16−18 −150%	40 +150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

45−50

+0%

45−50

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	91 +0%	91 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	71 +0%	71 +0%
Battlefield 5	119 +0%	119 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	88 +0%	88 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	105 +0%	105 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110 +0%	110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	366 +0%	366 +0%
Hitman 3	83 +0%	83 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	223 +0%	223 +0%
Metro Exodus	130 +0%	130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 +0%	100 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	148 +0%	148 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	227 +0%	227 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	107 +0%	107 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56 +0%	56 +0%
Battlefield 5	105 +0%	105 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	79 +0%	79 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	85 +0%	85 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	82 +0%	82 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	280 +0%	280 +0%
Hitman 3	75 +0%	75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	196 +0%	196 +0%
Metro Exodus	112 +0%	112 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75 +0%	75 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	123 +0%	123 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190 +0%	190 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50 +0%	50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	58 +0%	58 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	62 +0%	62 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	88 +0%	88 +0%
Hitman 3	66 +0%	66 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	94 +0%	94 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	107 +0%	107 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60 +0%	60 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	38 +0%	38 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65 +0%	65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	54 +0%	54 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40 +0%	40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +0%	38 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	42 +0%	42 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Far Cry 5	42 +0%	42 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	246 +0%	246 +0%
Hitman 3	46 +0%	46 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70 +0%	70 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	210 +0%	210 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	32 +0%	32 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30 +0%	30 +0%
Hitman 3	28 +0%	28 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	86 +0%	86 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +0%	39 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25 +0%	25 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	22 +0%	22 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 +0%	20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	15 +0%	15 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how Instinct MI25 and RTX 2060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is 163% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 141% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 150% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	12.91	30.90
Recency	27 June 2017	29 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	115 Watt

Instinct MI25 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 139.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 160.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Instinct MI25 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI25 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.