GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.05

RTX 2060 12 GB outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 357% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking48199
Place by popularity34not in top-100
Power efficiency41.3615.41
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameVegaTU106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)7 December 2021 (3 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 cores5122176
Core clock speedno data1470 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistorsno data10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt184 Watt
Texture fill rateno data224.4
Floating-point processing powerno data7.181 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data136
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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data1x 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_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-7.5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD22
−355%
100−110
+355%
1440p16
−338%
70−75
+338%
4K9
−344%
40−45
+344%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
−347%
85−90
+347%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−355%
100−105
+355%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
−350%
90−95
+350%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−329%
120−130
+329%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−347%
85−90
+347%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
−329%
60−65
+329%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−352%
95−100
+352%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−323%
110−120
+323%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−343%
270−280
+343%
Hitman 3 15
−333%
65−70
+333%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−351%
230−240
+351%
Metro Exodus 35
−329%
150−160
+329%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
−355%
150−160
+355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
−344%
160−170
+344%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−350%
270−280
+350%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−355%
100−105
+355%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
−338%
70−75
+338%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−329%
120−130
+329%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−347%
85−90
+347%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−350%
45−50
+350%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−352%
95−100
+352%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−323%
110−120
+323%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−343%
270−280
+343%
Hitman 3 15
−333%
65−70
+333%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−351%
230−240
+351%
Metro Exodus 25
−340%
110−120
+340%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−340%
110−120
+340%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
−344%
120−130
+344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−340%
110−120
+340%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−350%
270−280
+350%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−355%
100−105
+355%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
−329%
60−65
+329%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−347%
85−90
+347%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−344%
40−45
+344%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−352%
95−100
+352%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−343%
270−280
+343%
Hitman 3 14
−329%
60−65
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
−317%
100−105
+317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
−335%
100−105
+335%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−329%
60−65
+329%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−317%
50−55
+317%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
−352%
95−100
+352%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−344%
80−85
+344%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−329%
60−65
+329%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−344%
40−45
+344%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
−355%
50−55
+355%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−344%
40−45
+344%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
−320%
21−24
+320%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−350%
45−50
+350%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−336%
170−180
+336%
Hitman 3 10
−350%
45−50
+350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
−350%
90−95
+350%
Metro Exodus 17
−341%
75−80
+341%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
−338%
70−75
+338%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
−341%
260−270
+341%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
−323%
55−60
+323%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Hitman 3 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−332%
160−170
+332%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−355%
50−55
+355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
−344%
40−45
+344%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−344%
40−45
+344%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RTX 2060 12 GB compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 12 GB is 355% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2060 12 GB is 338% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2060 12 GB is 344% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.05 41.36
Recency 7 January 2020 7 December 2021
Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 184 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1126.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 12 GB, on the other hand, has a 357% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is a desktop one.


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