NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Turing graphics card inside the RTX 2060 SUPER, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RTX 2060 SUPER is much more expensive than the GTX 1060 6GB as it costs a whopping $ 400. Compare this to the GTX 1060 6GB, which came originally at a price of $ 254. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the RX 5700 which costs $ 349.
Spec for spec, this RTX 2060 SUPER leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 1060 6GB, by boasting 71.2 % more fps. The RTX 2060 SUPER has 8 GB RAM compared to the GTX 1060 6GB 's 6 GB video memory.
In our synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 2060 SUPER blows past the GTX 1060 6GB and, amazingly, even the GTX 1070 as well. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 5700, the RTX 2060 SUPER was 1.8 % faster.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RTX 2060 SUPER consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 1060 6GB and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Metro Exodus, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Dead Space, God of War, Forza Horizon 5 at 61 fps to 64 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 62 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Watch Dogs: Legion, Gears of War 5, Need For Speed: Heat, Final Fantasy XV at 61 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Forza Horizon 4, Overwatch 2, Valorant at 66 fps to 160 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 101 fps.
AMD ’s xx80 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 4.0 graphics card inside the RX 480, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RX 480 is much more expensive than the R9 380 as it costs a whopping $ 400. Compare this to the R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 380X, which came originally at a price of $ 199, $ 229. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the GTX 970 which costs $ 329.
Spec for spec, this RX 480 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the R9 380, by boasting 51.8 % more fps. The RX 480 has 8 GB RAM compared to the R9 380 's 2 GB video memory.
In our synthetic benchmarks, the RX 480 blows past the R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 380X and, amazingly, even the R9 390 as well. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 480 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 380X and it really justifies an upgrade.
Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 970, the RX 480 was -3.9 % slower. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Spider-Man Remastered, F1 2019, Apex Legends, Overwatch 2, Battlefield V at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play World War Z, Fallout 76, Valorant at 62 fps to 101 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 75 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 88 fps to 88 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 88 fps.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
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| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey |
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| 2018 | Final Fantasy XV |
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| 2018 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
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| 2018 | Fallout 76 |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2018 | Battlefield V |
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| 2017 | Assassin's Creed Origins |
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| 2017 | Destiny 2 |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 480 | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 9 inches 229 mm | 9.5 inches 241 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI2x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 160 W | 150 W |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 480 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1650 MHz | 1266 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1470 MHz | 1120 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz 14000 MHz effective | 2000 MHz 8000 MHz effective |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 480 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 20 | Arctic Islands (RX 400) |
| Production | Released | Active |
| Release Date | Jul 9, 2019 | Jun 29th, 2016 |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 480 | |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.109 | 1.1.82 |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 480 | |
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| Architecture | Turing | GCN 4.0 |
| Die Size | 445 mm2 | 244 mm² |
| GPU Name | TU106 | Ellesmere |
| Process Size | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistors | 10,800 million | 5,700 million |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 480 | |
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| Bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 256.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Size | 8192 MB | 8192 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 480 | |
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| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Shading Units | 2176 | 2304 |
| TMUs | 136 | 144 |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 480 | |
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| FP16 (half) performance | 14,360 GFLOPS (2:1) | 5,834 GFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 7,181 GFLOPS | 5,834 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 224.4 GFLOPS (1:32) | 364.6 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Pixel Rate | 105.6 GPixel/s | 40.51 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 182.3 GTexel/s |
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