MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD RX Vega 56 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XL TU106
• Execution units
  56 30
• Shader
  3584 1920
• Render Output Units
  64 48
• Texture Units
  256 120

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  0.8 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  410 GB/s 336 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  2048 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.181 GHz+ 2 % 1.365 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.520 GHz+ 3 % 1.680 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

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

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition.

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

Connectivity and connections.

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

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting 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 / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No

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

• Length
  270 mm 229 mm
• Height
  110 mm 113 mm
• Width
  40 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1068 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition and MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q1/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 12 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet