AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Vega 10 | TU106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Vega 10 XL (215-0894216) | TU106-300-KA-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Turing |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 10,800 million |
| Die size | 495 mm² | 445 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 14th, 2017 | Dec 7th, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Vega | GeForce 20 |
| Predecessor | Polaris | GeForce 10 |
| Successor | Navi | GeForce 30 |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Launch price | 399 USD | — |
| Current price | Amazon / Newegg | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 23 in our database | 86 in our database |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1156 MHz | 1470 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1471 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| SOC clock | 960 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 2048 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 336.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 3584 | 2176 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 224 | 136 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Compute units | 56 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| SM count | — | 34 |
| Tensor cores | — | 272 |
| RT cores | — | 34 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 94.14 GPixel/s | 79.20 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 329.5 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 21.09 TFLOPS (2:1) | 14.36 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 10.54 TFLOPS | 7.181 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 659.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | 224.4 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 280 mm 11 inches | 229 mm 9 inches |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | 113 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | 40 mm 1.6 inches | 35 mm 1.4 inches |
| TDP | 210 W | 184 W |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI2x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C |
| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | D050-57 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 7.5 |
