ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING OC PRO 6G (rev. 1.0). Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 and GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING OC PRO 6G (rev. 1.0), chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 590 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 30 TU106
• Execution units
  36 30
• Shader
  2304 1920
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Texture Units
  144 120

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 336 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 and GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING OC PRO 6G (rev. 1.0). The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.469 GHz 1.365 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.565 GHz+ 1 % 1.830 GHz+ 9 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  225 W 160 W
• TDP (up)
  300 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 and GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING OC PRO 6G (rev. 1.0).

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 3 x 80 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  298 mm 280 mm
• Height
  134 mm 117 mm
• Width
  53 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING OC PRO 6G (rev. 1.0) and ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q1/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 12 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-RX590-8G-GAMING GV-N2060GAMINGOC PRO-6GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet