GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 119 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 35.22 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 13.32 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Navi 10 | TU106B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 July 2019 (6 years ago) | 29 January 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2560 | 1920 |
| Core clock speed | 1680 MHz | 960 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1980 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10,300 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 316.8 | 144.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.14 TFLOPS | 4.608 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| TMUs | 160 | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1353 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 259.8 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.140 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 July 2019 | 29 January 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 115 Watt |
RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary has an age advantage of 5 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.
RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has 95.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary and GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook one.
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