NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 270X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

42
Place in performance rating
258
44.62
Value for money (0-100)
36.84
Turing
Architecture
GCN
TU106
Code name
Curacao
Desktop
Type
Desktop
2 July 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$399
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$837 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
33.64
Value for money
6.66
Turing TU106
GPU code name
Curacao XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 270X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2176
Pipelines
1280
1470 MHz
Core clock speed
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1650 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
10,800 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
175 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
224.4
Texture fill rate
84.00
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Floating-point performance
2,688 gflops
2176
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1650 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
10,800 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
175 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
180 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 270X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
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1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 270X can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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448.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 270X, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
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Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 270X is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
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+
Multi Monitor
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7.5
CUDA
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AppAcceleration
+
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
no data
ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-
no data
UVD
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 270X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
+
6.5
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super and AMD Radeon R9 270X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super or AMD Radeon R9 270X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 149 102 85 69 54 31
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 190 127 118 114 80.6 45.1
AMD Radeon R9 270X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 274 218 179 127 95.6 55.8
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 323.7 199.3 134.5 92 63.7 34
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 235 202 181 180 114 58.7
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

53.18% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2176 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (175 Watt vs 180 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270X

Cheaper ($327 (1.6x MSRP) vs $837 (2.1x MSRP))

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super or AMD Radeon R9 270X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super versus AMD Radeon R9 270X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
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