Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Radeon RX 5500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Dec 2019
Radeon RX 5500 XT
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Jul 2019
GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    176%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060 Super

76% 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)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2060 Super

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (24 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce RTX 2060 Super
GPU NameNavi 14 (Navi 14 XTX (215-0932396))vsTU106 (TU106-410-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs12 nm
Die Size158 mm²vs445 mm²
Transistors6,400 millionvs10,800 million
Shaders1408vs2176
Compute Units22vs34
Core clock1607 MHzvs1470 MHz
ROPs32vs64
TMUs88vs136

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce RTX 2060 Super
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce RTX 2060 Super
TDP130 wattsvs160 watts
Release Date12 Dec 2019vs9 Jul 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    59.04 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    105.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    162.40 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    224.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    5196.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    7181.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    78
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    117

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    36
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    73

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    85
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    132

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    60
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    88

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    58
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    96

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    28
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    38
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    66
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    105

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    59
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    90

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    26
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    57
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    93

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    39
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    41
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    20
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    30
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    43
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    33
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    14
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    26
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    18
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    14
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    10
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    18
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    22
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    37

FPS (higher is better)