ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and has 1920 texture shaders and 30 execution units.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
TU106 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Turing Architecture GCN 4
30 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1920 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
120 Texture Units 144
30 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 clocks in the base with up to 1.365 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 1.257 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 1.366 GHz
1.68 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is 270 mm long, 111 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 230 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.

270 mm Length 230 mm
111 mm Height 125 mm
58 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference).

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 229 $.

DUAL-RTX2060-6G Part-no 11265-05 / 11265-33
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2017
349 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
12 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
120 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
85 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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