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.
The RX 5700 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest RDNA 1.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the RX 5500 XT 8GB is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 199. AMD ’s xx00 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 RDNA 1.0 graphics card inside the RX 5500 XT 8GB, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Spec for spec, this RX 5500 XT 8GB leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX 570, by boasting 23.3 % more fps. The RX 5500 XT 8GB has 8 GB RAM compared to the RX 570 's 4 GB video memory.
In our synthetic benchmarks, the RX 5500 XT 8GB blows past the RX 570 and, amazingly, even the RX 580 as well. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 5500 XT 8GB consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX 570 and it really justifies an upgrade.
Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 1660, the RX 5500 XT 8GB was -14.4 % slower. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Hitman 3, GreedFall, Guardians of the Galaxy, Godfall, Watch Dogs: Legion at 60 fps to 62 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Strange Brigade, Overwatch 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Fallout 76, World War Z at 61 fps to 68 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 100 fps to 100 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 100 fps.
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 5500 XT 8GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 9 inches 229 mm | 7.09 inches 180 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI2x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 160 W | 130 W |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 5500 XT 8GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1650 MHz | 1625 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1470 MHz | 1717 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz 14000 MHz effective | 1750 MHz 14000 MHz effective |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 5500 XT 8GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 20 | Navi |
| Production | Released | Active |
| Release Date | Jul 9, 2019 | Dec 12th, 2019 |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 5500 XT 8GB | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.109 | 1.1.125 |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 5500 XT 8GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA 1.0 |
| Die Size | 445 mm2 | 158 mm² |
| GPU Name | TU106 | Navi 14 |
| Process Size | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors | 10,800 million | 6,400 million |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 5500 XT 8GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 8192 MB | 8192 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 5500 XT 8GB | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Shading Units | 2176 | 1408 |
| TMUs | 136 | 88 |
| RTX 2060 SUPER | RX 5500 XT 8GB | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 14,360 GFLOPS (2:1) | 10.39 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 7,181 GFLOPS | 5.196 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 224.4 GFLOPS (1:32) | 324.7 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Pixel Rate | 105.6 GPixel/s | 59.04 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 162.4 GTexel/s |
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