GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs Radeon R9 280X2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated97
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.16
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTahitiTU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)7 December 2021 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20482176
Core clock speed950 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt184 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0224.4
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs128136
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length315 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pin1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s336.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort 1.21x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)6.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)3.0
Vulkan1.2.1701.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 184 Watt

RTX 2060 12 GB has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 103.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 280X2 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon R9 280X2
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