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NVIDIA shaved $50 off the price of their GeForce RTX 2060 cards, just before AMD released their Radeon RX 5600 XT cards.
So now gamers have two great options at the sub-$300 price range.
For those who are wondering – which is the faster and better option – this comparison is for you!
Radeon RX 5600 XT vs GeForce RTX 2060 (Super) : Specifications
This table gives us a quick comparison of the two Radeon RX 5600 XT performance modes, versus the RTX 2060 and the newer RTX 2060 SUPER.
| Specifications | RTX 2060 SUPER |
RX 5600 XT (160W) |
RX 5600 XT (135W) |
RTX 2060 |
| Total Graphics Power | 175 W | 160 W | 135 W | 160 W |
| Stream Processors | 2176 | 2304 | 2304 | 1920 |
| Game Clock | 1470 MHz | 1615 MHz | 1460 MHz | 1365 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1650 MHz | 1750 MHz | 1620 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| TMUs | 136 | 144 | 144 | 120 |
| Max. Texture Rate | 224.4 GT/s | 252.0 GT/s | 233.3 GT/s | 201.7 GT/s |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 | 64 | 48 |
| Max. Pixel Rate | 105.6 GP/s | 112.0 GP/s | 103.7 GP/s | 80.6 GP/s |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Speed | 14 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 12 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 336 GB/s | 288 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Current Price | $399 | $279 | $279 | $299 |
Based on specifications alone, the 160W Radeon RX 5600 XT offer the highest texture and pixel fill rates, but the RTX 2060 SUPER has more graphics memory and significantly higher memory bandwidth.
The GeForce RTX 2060, on the other hand, appears to be outclassed even by the 135W Radeon RX 5600 XT, except in memory bandwidth.
At the same TGP of 160W, the Radeon RX 5600 XT holds a significant advantage over the RTX 2060 in both texture fill rate and pixel fill rate.
Well, let’s see how they compare with each other!
Radeon RX 5600 XT vs GeForce RTX 2060 (Super) : TLDR Summary
This summary is for those who just want a quick overview. The detailed results are in the next pages.
The last-minute power-up boost really transformed the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT into an RTX 2060 killer.
Even after NVIDIA shaved off $50 off its price, the GeForce RTX 2060 was no match for the Radeon RX 5600 XT.
The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT was significantly faster than the RTX 2060 in practically every game we threw at it. In fact, it came real close to the performance of the RTX 2060 SUPER!
| Benchmark | Resolution | RTX 2060 | RX 5600 XT (160W) |
RTX 2060 SUPER |
| Time Spy | 1440p | – 4% | Baseline | + 14% |
| 2160p | – 7% | Baseline | + 23% | |
| F1 2019 | 1080p | – 19% | Baseline | + 19% |
| 1440p | – 19.5% | Baseline | + 5% | |
| 2160p | – 24% | Baseline | – 2% | |
| World War Z |
1080p | – 40% | Baseline | – 2.5% |
| 1440p | – 33.5% | Baseline | – 3% | |
| 2160p | – 21.5% | Baseline | + 2% | |
| Strange Brigade |
1080p | – 19.5% | Baseline | + 20% |
| 1440p | – 16.5% | Baseline | + 21% | |
| 2160p | – 10.5% | Baseline | + 18% | |
| Division 2 | 1080p | – 28.5% | Baseline | + 5.5% |
| 1440p | – 22.5% | Baseline | + 7% | |
| 2160p | – 13.5% | Baseline | + 10% | |
| AOTS | 1080p | – 40% | Baseline | – |
| 1440p | – 48% | Baseline | – 4.5% | |
| 2160p | – 43% | Baseline | – 3% | |
| Average | – 24% | Baseline | + 7.5% |
So it is obvious to everyone that, prices being equal, the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT is definitely significantly superior than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.
And the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT is a strong challenger to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, which costs $100 or more extra!
Radeon RX 5600 XT vs GeForce RTX 2060 (Super) : Best Deals!
Finally, let’s check out the best deals for the Radeon RX 5600 XT, as well as the newly-discounted GeForce RTX 2060, and the newer GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER.
Prices will change over time, so please click on the links to check for the latest prices.
| AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | |||||
| Brand | US | UK | AU | SG | MY |
| ASRock | – | £434 | – | – | – |
| ASUS | $319.99 $339.99 |
– | A$591 A$649 A$660 |
S$550 S$598 |
RM1598 RM1598 |
| GIGABYTE | $299.99 | £218 £293 |
A$646 A$647 |
S$479 S$490 |
RM1539 RM1539 |
| MSI | $299.99 $339.99 |
£302 £339 |
A$495 A$585 |
S$475 | – |
| PowerColor | $279.99 $289.99 $309.99 |
£332 £343 £347 |
– | S$517 | RM1399 RM1499 RM1499 |
| Sapphire | $289.99 | £277 | A$595 | S$425 S$440 |
RM1358 RM1368 |
| XFX | $279.99 $319.99 |
£264 £281 |
A$528 | – | – |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | |||||
| Brand | US | UK | AU | SG | MY |
| ASUS | $339.99 $344.99 $349.99 |
£290 £332 £341 |
A$561 A$626 A$650 |
S$609 S$621 S$622 |
RM1249 RM1338 RM1399 |
| EVGA | $334.99 $340.99 $359.99 |
£330 £337 |
A$561 A$561 A$564 |
S$616 S$625 |
– |
| GIGABYTE | $329.99 $359.99 |
£290 £300 |
– | S$445 S$449 |
RM1349 |
| MSI | $339.99 $359.99 $359.99 |
£297 £318 |
A$561 A$562 A$582 |
S$495 S$499 S$507 |
RM1259 RM1298 RM1298 |
| PNY | $339.99 | £292 | A$544 | – | – |
| ZOTAC | $319.99 | £270 | A$528 A$585 |
S$426 S$429 S$439 |
RM1250 RM1275 RM1319 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Price List | |||||
| Brand | US | UK | AU | SG | MY |
| ASUS | $404.99 $409.99 $449.99 |
£369.99 £379.99 £387.00 |
A$669.00 A$683.30 A$694.47 |
S$699 S$715 S$729 |
RM2000 RM2050 RM2150 |
| EVGA | $413.99 $439.99 $459.99 |
£401.98 £414.99 £429.99 |
A$699.96 A$733.24 A$733.29 |
S$639 S$639 S$644 |
RM1878 RM1999 RM1999 |
| GIGABYTE | $409.99 | £340.99 £345.66 |
A$651.95 | S$680 S$680 S$680 |
RM2089 RM2179 RM2179 |
| MSI | $409.99 $429.37 |
£392.37 £398.99 |
A$649.00 A$665.00 |
S$569 S$616 |
RM1795 RM1799 |
| PNY | $399.99 $446.04 |
£339.99 £412.48 |
A$767.11 | S$724 S$834 |
RM1879 RM1879 |
| ZOTAC | $399.99 | £338.98 £399.95 £404.99 |
A$666.63 A$733.29 |
S$546 S$548 S$549 |
RM1702 RM1719 RM1722 |
RX 5600 XT vs RTX 2060 (Super) : Benchmarking Notes
In addition to testing the Radeon RX 5600 XT in its two performance modes, we will compare it against both the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, as well as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER.
Here are the specifications of the AMD testbed we used.
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
| Motherboard | ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero |
| Memory Speed | G.SKILL Sniper X DDR4-3400 (8 GB x 2) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (8 GB x 2) |
| Monitor | Dell P2415Q Ultra HD Monitor |
| Storage | 1TB SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| Graphics Drivers | NVIDIA GameReady Driver 441.87 AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.1 |
RX 5600 XT vs RTX 2060 (Super) : Thermal Output
We recorded the peak exhaust temperatures of those cards, to see how much heat they throw out. Take a look…
Note that these are not the recorded temperatures, but how much hotter the exhaust air is above ambient temperature.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT runs much cooler than the two NVIDIA cards. It actually runs cooler with the 160W BIOS, probably because the fan runs faster, or more often.
The 135W BIOS, on the other hand, is tuned to run quieter. So the fan tends to stay off longer.
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RX 5600 XT vs RTX 2060 (Super) : 3DMark
We used 3DMark’s Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme synthetic benchmarks, which offers a great approximation of gaming performance in general.
The Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme benchmarks support DirectX 12, and the latest features like asynchronous compute, and multi-threading support.
Time Spy – 2560 x 1440
In the Time Spy test, the RX 5600 XT was faster than the RTX 2060 by 4% at 135W, and 11.4% faster at 160W.
At 160W, it came within 13% of the RTX 2060 SUPER, which is significantly more expensive.
Here is how much of an effect they have on the overall gaming score…
Time Spy Extreme – 3840 x 2160
At the higher 4K resolution, the RX 5600 XT was faster than the RTX 2060 by 6% at 135W, and 8% faster at 160W.
The GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER was 23% faster than the RX 5600 XT at 160W, but with a 43% higher price tag.
And here are their overall gaming scores at 4K…
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