Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 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 graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

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

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.

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 Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has 2 Axial main fans that 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

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

235 mm Length 230 mm
115 mm Height 125 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 came on the market in Q4/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

471056224-2614 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
46 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
118 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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