Graphics card comparison
GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Nvidia
GeForce RTX 2060
6144 Mb GDDR6
Released 15 Jan 2019
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 295X2
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Apr 2014
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce RTX 2060149%
- Radeon R9 295X2100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 2060
- 49% higher gaming performance.
- 340 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 295X2
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce RTX 2060
The GeForce RTX 2060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU106 (TU106-200A-KA-A1) | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 445 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 10,800 million | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1920 | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 30 | 44 |
| Core clock | 1365 MHz | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 120 | 176 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 2060 | Radeon R9 295X2 |
|---|
| TDP | 160 watts | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Jan 2019 | 29 Apr 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce RTX 206080.64 GP/s
- Radeon R9 295X2130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce RTX 2060201.60 GT/s
- Radeon R9 295X2358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce RTX 2060336.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 295X2640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce RTX 20606451.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 295X211466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce RTX 2060123
- Radeon R9 295X2124
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce RTX 2060106
- Radeon R9 295X248
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce RTX 2060105
- Radeon R9 295X2103
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce RTX 206076
- Radeon R9 295X239
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce RTX 206056
- Radeon R9 295X255
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce RTX 206041
- Radeon R9 295X223
FPS (higher is better)