Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB
vs
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB (Turing) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the graphics chip Vega 10 XL, which comes from the GCN 5 architecture.
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB GPU ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Based on AMD RX Vega 56
TU106 GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
Turing Architecture GCN 5
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
2176 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 64
136 Texture Units 256
34 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.800 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.156 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 1.471 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 210 W.

185 W TDP 210 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 37 dB
-- Noise (Load) 49 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version --
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
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 / Encode

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

235 mm Length 280 mm
115 mm Height 127 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1090 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2021.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

NE62060S18K9-1160L Part-no RXVEGA56-8G
Q4/2021 Release date Q3/2017
289 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents --

Rate these graphics cards now

Here you can rate the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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 OC 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 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

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
71932

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)

Popular comparisons

1. MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
2. ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 vs EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
3. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
4. ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 vs MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
5. Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
6. ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 vs ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660
7. ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64
8. ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
9. ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
10. MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56


back to index
Facebook
Twitter