GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1156 MHz. The HBM2 memory runs at a speed of 1600 MHz on this specific card. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super should theoretically be a bit superior to the Radeon RX Vega 56 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
	Difference: 39322 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be much (approximately 30%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 59024 (30%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 Super is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20096 (27%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.