Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 2060

Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
GeForce RTX 2060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Jan 2019
GeForce RTX 2060

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    250%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT

53 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 2060 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060

150% 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

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2060

The GeForce RTX 2060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce RTX 2060
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)vsTU106 (TU106-200A-KA-A1)
Fab Process6 nmvs12 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs445 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvs10,800 million
Shaders1024vs1920
Compute Units16vs30
Core clock2200 MHzvs1365 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs64vs120

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce RTX 2060
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width64 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce RTX 2060
TDP107 wattsvs160 watts
Release Date19 Jan 2022vs15 Jan 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    80.64 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    201.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    336.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    6451.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    74
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    145

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    17
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    81

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    23
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    86

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    67
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    106

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    21
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    55
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    85

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    13
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    10
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    57

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    44
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    76

FPS (higher is better)