GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon RX 560X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 560X and GeForce RTX 2060 Super, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 560X
2018
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
8.65

RTX 2060 Super outperforms RX 560X by a whopping 396% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking49890
Place by popularitynot in top-10017
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data47.05
Power efficiency7.9116.79
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code namePolaris 21TU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 April 2018 (6 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores10242176
Core clock speed1175 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speed1275 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate81.60224.4
Floating-point processing power2.611 TFLOPS7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs64136
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length170 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 560X 8.65
RTX 2060 Super 42.87
+396%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 560X 3332
RTX 2060 Super 16519
+396%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RX 560X 16461
RTX 2060 Super 87428
+431%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RX 560X 19991
RTX 2060 Super 84922
+325%

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 HD21−24
−457%
117
+457%
1440p12−14
−458%
67
+458%
4K8−9
−425%
42
+425%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.41
1440pno data5.96
4Kno data9.50

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 88
+0%
88
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 101
+0%
101
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 81
+0%
81
+0%
Battlefield 5 163
+0%
163
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 102
+0%
102
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
+0%
79
+0%
Far Cry 5 130
+0%
130
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 144
+0%
144
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 299
+0%
299
+0%
Hitman 3 94
+0%
94
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 298
+0%
298
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 122
+0%
122
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 205
+0%
205
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 229
+0%
229
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 147
+0%
147
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
+0%
68
+0%
Battlefield 5 150
+0%
150
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95
+0%
95
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+0%
71
+0%
Far Cry 5 108
+0%
108
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 106
+0%
106
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 271
+0%
271
+0%
Hitman 3 98
+0%
98
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 293
+0%
293
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95
+0%
95
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 184
+0%
184
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 216
+0%
216
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 61
+0%
61
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
+0%
61
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 71
+0%
71
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
+0%
62
+0%
Far Cry 5 74
+0%
74
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120
+0%
120
+0%
Hitman 3 84
+0%
84
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 131
+0%
131
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 156
+0%
156
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85
+0%
85
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
+0%
59
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 114
+0%
114
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 96
+0%
96
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 74
+0%
74
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
+0%
52
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 47
+0%
47
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 53
+0%
53
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
+0%
40
+0%
Far Cry 5 57
+0%
57
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 259
+0%
259
+0%
Hitman 3 58
+0%
58
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 99
+0%
99
+0%
Metro Exodus 87
+0%
87
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 114
+0%
114
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 212
+0%
212
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 82
+0%
82
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 47
+0%
47
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 41
+0%
41
+0%
Hitman 3 39
+0%
39
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 105
+0%
105
+0%
Metro Exodus 64
+0%
64
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
+0%
59
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35
+0%
35
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 29
+0%
29
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30
+0%
30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 19
+0%
19
+0%
Far Cry 5 30
+0%
30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 67
+0%
67
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65
+0%
65
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 25
+0%
25
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 42
+0%
42
+0%

This is how RX 560X and RTX 2060 Super compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 Super is 457% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2060 Super is 458% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2060 Super is 425% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.65 42.87
Recency 11 April 2018 9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 175 Watt

RX 560X has 133.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 Super, on the other hand, has a 395.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 560X in performance tests.


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