GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1156 MHz. The HBM2 RAM runs at a frequency of 1600 MHz on this specific card. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

Theoretically, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should perform a lot faster 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 is much (approximately 58%) more effective at AF 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 using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX Vega 56 is the winner, though not by far. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.