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    GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon RX 590

    GeForce RTX 2060
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Jan 2019
    GeForce RTX 2060
    Radeon RX 590
    Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: UNRELEASED
    Radeon RX 590

    Summary

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      131%
    • Radeon RX 590
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060

    31% higher gaming performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
    Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

    Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590

    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports FreeSync
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports TrueAudio
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce RTX 2060

    HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2060

    The GeForce RTX 2060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (51 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce RTX 2060Radeon RX 590
    GPU NameTU106 (TU106-200A-KA-A1)vsPolaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX)
    Fab Process12 nmvs12 nm
    Die Size445 mm²vs244 mm²
    Transistors10,800 millionvs5,700 million
    Shaders1920vs2304
    Compute Units30vs36
    Core clock1365 MHzvs1257 MHz
    ROPs48vs32
    TMUs120vs144

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce RTX 2060Radeon RX 590
    Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed1750 MHz
    14000 MHz effective    		vs2000 MHz
    8000 MHz effective
    Memory Size6144 Mbvs8192 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce RTX 2060Radeon RX 590
    TDP160 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date15 Jan 2019vsUNRELEASED

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      80.64 GP/s
    • Radeon RX 590
      49.44 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      201.60 GT/s
    • Radeon RX 590
      222.50 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      336.00 GB/s
    • Radeon RX 590
      256.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      6451.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon RX 590
      7119.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Game benchmarks

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      50
    • Radeon RX 590
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      107
    • Radeon RX 590
      80

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      62
    • Radeon RX 590
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      121
    • Radeon RX 590
      93

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      145
    • Radeon RX 590
      96

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      117
    • Radeon RX 590
      84

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      81
    • Radeon RX 590
      58

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      106
    • Radeon RX 590
      80

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      87
    • Radeon RX 590
      77

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      55
    • Radeon RX 590
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      40
    • Radeon RX 590
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      93
    • Radeon RX 590
      80

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      53
    • Radeon RX 590
      39

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      118
    • Radeon RX 590
      90

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      86
    • Radeon RX 590
      63

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      115
    • Radeon RX 590
      90

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs: Legion

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      51
    • Radeon RX 590
      36

    FPS (higher is better)

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      39
    • Radeon RX 590
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      81
    • Radeon RX 590
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      46
    • Radeon RX 590
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      88
    • Radeon RX 590
      66

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      85
    • Radeon RX 590
      72

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      82
    • Radeon RX 590
      60

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      57
    • Radeon RX 590
      41

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      80
    • Radeon RX 590
      58

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      57
    • Radeon RX 590
      56

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      42
    • Radeon RX 590
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      31
    • Radeon RX 590
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      65
    • Radeon RX 590
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      42
    • Radeon RX 590
      32

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      77
    • Radeon RX 590
      53

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      57
    • Radeon RX 590
      43

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      83
    • Radeon RX 590
      64

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs: Legion

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      37
    • Radeon RX 590
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      24
    • Radeon RX 590
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      44
    • Radeon RX 590
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      19
    • Radeon RX 590
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      49
    • Radeon RX 590
      39

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      51
    • Radeon RX 590
      44

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      45
    • Radeon RX 590
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      34
    • Radeon RX 590
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      43
    • Radeon RX 590
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      32
    • Radeon RX 590
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      26
    • Radeon RX 590
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      17
    • Radeon RX 590
      11

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      39
    • Radeon RX 590
      29

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      24
    • Radeon RX 590
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      40
    • Radeon RX 590
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      29
    • Radeon RX 590
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      45
    • Radeon RX 590
      38

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs: Legion

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2060
      22
    • Radeon RX 590
      16

    FPS (higher is better)

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