MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GPU comparison with benchmarksIn the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
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GPUThe MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, which has 1920 shaders and 30 execution units. |
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| MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G | GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition |
| AMD RX Vega 56 | Based on | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
| Vega 10 XL | GPU Chip | TU106 |
| GCN 5 | Architecture | Turing |
| 56 | Streaming Multiprocessors | 30 |
| 3584 | Shader | 1920 |
| 64 | Render Output Units | 48 |
| 256 | Texture Units | 120 |
| 0 | Raytracing Cores | 30 |
MemoryThe MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s. |
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| 8 GB | Memory Size | 6 GB |
| HBM2 | Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| 0.800 GHz | Memory Clock | 1.750 GHz |
| 1.6 Gbps | Memory Speed | 14.0 Gbps |
| 410 GB/s | Memory bandwidth | 336 GB/s |
| 2048 bit | Memory Interface | 192 bit |
Clock SpeedsThe MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is 1.365 GHz. |
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| 1.156 GHz | Base Clock | 1.365 GHz |
| 1.471 GHz | Boost Clock | 1.680 GHz |
| Avg (Game) Clock | ||
| Yes | Overclocking | Yes |
Thermal DesignThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G is 210 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors. |
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| 210 W | TDP | 160 W |
| -- | TDP (up) | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max | 88 °C |
| 2 x 8-Pin | PCIe-Power | 1 x 8-Pin |
Cooler & FansThe MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory. |
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| Radial | Fan-Type | Axial |
| 1 x 80 mm | Fan 1 | 2 x 90 mm |
| -- | Fan 2 | -- |
| Air cooling | Cooler-Type | Air cooling |
| 37 dB | Noise (Idle) | 0 dB |
| 49 dB | Noise (Load) | -- |
ConnectivityIn the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens. |
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| 4 | Max. Displays | 4 |
| -- | HDCP-Version | 2.2 |
| 1x HDMI v2.0b | HDMI Ports | 1x HDMI v2.0b |
| 3x DP v1.4 | DP Ports | 2x DP v1.4a |
| -- | DVI Ports | 1 |
| -- | VGA Ports | -- |
| -- | USB-C Ports | 1 |
FeaturesetThe MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels. |
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| 7680x4320 | Max. resolution | 7680x4320 |
| 12_1 | DirectX | 12_2 (Ultimate) |
| No | Raytracing | Yes |
| Yes | DLSS / FSR | Yes |
| No LED lighting | LED | No LED lighting |
Supported Video CodecsThe support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos. |
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| Decode / Encode | h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | h265 / HEVC | Decode / Encode |
| No | AV1 | No |
| Decode | VP8 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | VP9 | Decode |
DimensionsThe MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G is 270 mm long, 110 mm high and 40 mm wide. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is 229 mm long, 113 mm high and -- wide. |
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| 270 mm | Length | 229 mm |
| 110 mm | Height | 113 mm |
| 40 mm | Width | -- |
| 2 PCIe-Slots | Width (Slots) | 2 PCIe-Slots |
| 1068 g | Weight | -- |
| PCIe 3.0 x 16 | GPU Interface | PCIe 3.0 x 16 |
Additional dataThe MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference). The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference). |
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| -- | Part-no | -- |
| Q3/2017 | Release date | Q1/2019 |
| 399 $ (Reference) | Launch Price | 349 $ (Reference) |
| 14 nm | Structure size | 12 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
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
8 GB HBM2 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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Port Royal (Raytracing)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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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)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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1920x1080 (1080p)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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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)
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
8 GB HBM2 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
8 GB HBM2 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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1920x1080 (1080p)
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
8 GB HBM2 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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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
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
8 GB HBM2 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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Geekbench 6 - Vulkan
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
8 GB HBM2 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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Geekbench 6 - Metal
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
8 GB HBM2 |
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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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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G
8 GB HBM2 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
6 GB GDDR6 |
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