GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon RX Vega M GL

Place in the ranking	455	90
Place by popularity	not in top-100	19
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	47.35
Power efficiency	10.54	17.03
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 22	TU106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 February 2018 (6 years ago)	9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	1280	2176
Core clock speed	931 MHz	1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.88	224.4
Floating-point processing power	2.588 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	80	136
Tensor Cores	no data	272
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	34

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).

Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	448.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX Vega M GL 9.85

RTX 2060 Super 42.83
+335%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX Vega M GL 3799

RTX 2060 Super 16524
+335%

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 HD	27−30 −341%	119 +341%
1440p	14−16 −393%	69 +393%
4K	9−10 −367%	42 +367%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.35
1440p	no data	5.78
4K	no data	9.50

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

24−27

−238%

85−90
+238%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

24−27

−227%

85
+227%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

7−8

−743%

59
+743%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	101 +0%	101 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81 +0%	81 +0%
Battlefield 5	163 +0%	163 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	102 +0%	102 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	79 +0%	79 +0%
Far Cry 5	130 +0%	130 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	144 +0%	144 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	299 +0%	299 +0%
Hitman 3	94 +0%	94 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	298 +0%	298 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	122 +0%	122 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	205 +0%	205 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	229 +0%	229 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	147 +0%	147 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	68 +0%	68 +0%
Battlefield 5	150 +0%	150 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95 +0%	95 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	71 +0%	71 +0%
Far Cry 5	108 +0%	108 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	106 +0%	106 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	271 +0%	271 +0%
Hitman 3	98 +0%	98 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	293 +0%	293 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95 +0%	95 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	184 +0%	184 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	216 +0%	216 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	61 +0%	61 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	61 +0%	61 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	71 +0%	71 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	62 +0%	62 +0%
Far Cry 5	74 +0%	74 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120 +0%	120 +0%
Hitman 3	84 +0%	84 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	131 +0%	131 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	156 +0%	156 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 +0%	59 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

114

+0%

114

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	96 +0%	96 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	74 +0%	74 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52 +0%	52 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +0%	47 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	53 +0%	53 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry 5	57 +0%	57 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	259 +0%	259 +0%
Hitman 3	58 +0%	58 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	99 +0%	99 +0%
Metro Exodus	87 +0%	87 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	114 +0%	114 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	212 +0%	212 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	47 +0%	47 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	41 +0%	41 +0%
Hitman 3	39 +0%	39 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	105 +0%	105 +0%
Metro Exodus	64 +0%	64 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35 +0%	35 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	29 +0%	29 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30 +0%	30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	19 +0%	19 +0%
Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	67 +0%	67 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65 +0%	65 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	25 +0%	25 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how RX Vega M GL and RTX 2060 Super compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Super is 341% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Super is 393% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 Super is 367% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2060 Super is 743% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2060 Super is ahead in 3 tests (4%)
there's a draw in 69 tests (96%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.85	42.83
Recency	1 February 2018	9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	175 Watt

RX Vega M GL has 169.2% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 Super, on the other hand, has a 334.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.