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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

342%
342%

AMD Radeon R9 270X

32%
32%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is approximately 310% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
TU106
Curacao
CoresDifferent
1920
1280
TMUsDifferent
120
80
ROPsDifferent
48
32
Memory SizeDifferent
6 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU NameDifferent
TU106
Curacao
GPU VariantDifferent
TU106-200A-KA-A1
Curacao XT(215-0848004)
ArchitectureDifferent
Turing
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
12 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
10,800 million
2,800 million
DensityDifferent
24.3M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
445 mm²
212 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2228
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Release DateDifferent
Jan 7th, 2019
Oct 8th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 20
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 10
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 30
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
349 USD
199 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
86 in our database
90 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Base ClockDifferent
1365 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1680 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1750 MHz14 Gbps effective
1400 MHz5.6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Memory SizeDifferent
6 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
336.0 GB/s
179.2 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Shading UnitsDifferent
1920
1280
TMUsDifferent
120
80
ROPsDifferent
48
32
SM CountDifferent
30
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
240
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
30
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
3 MB
512 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
20

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Pixel RateDifferent
80.64 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
201.6 GTexel/s
84.00 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
12.90 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
6.451 TFLOPS
2.688 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
201.6 GFLOPS (1:32)
168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
229 mm9 inches
241 mm9.5 inches
HeightDifferent
113 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
35 mm1.4 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
160 W
180 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.02x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG160 SKU 42
C631, 109-C63257-00A_02, 109-C63257-12_02

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060AMD Radeon R9 270X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
7.5
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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