GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs Radeon Vega 7
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Vega 7 with GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB, including specs and performance data.
RTX 2060 12 GB outperforms Vega 7 by a whopping 453% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 529 | 98 |
| Place by popularity | 39 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.56 | 15.63 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Cezanne | TU106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 April 2021 (3 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 cores | 448 | 2176 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1900 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 184 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 53.20 | 224.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.702 TFLOPS | 7.181 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 48 |
| TMUs | 28 | 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 | None | 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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 336.0 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 | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 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 HD | 22
−445%
| 120−130
+445%
|
| 1440p | 28
−436%
| 150−160
+436%
|
| 4K | 20
−450%
| 110−120
+450%
|
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.46 | 41.26 |
| Recency | 13 April 2021 | 7 December 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 184 Watt |
Vega 7 has a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 308.9% lower power consumption.
RTX 2060 12 GB, on the other hand, has a 453.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 7 months.
The GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega 7 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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