GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which has a clock frequency of 1156 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1600 MHz. It also features a 2048-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 3584 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce RTX 2060 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 75366 (22%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be quite a bit (more or less 58%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95144 (58%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX Vega 56 is a better choice, but only just. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8464 (13%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.