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Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR6 | Radeon R9 270X Crossfire |
| Hitman 3 | 0% | 58% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 23% | 21% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 30% | 11% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 23% | 21% |
| FIFA 21 | 61% | 39% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 8% | 71% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 32% | 7% |
| Genshin Impact | 23% | 21% |
| Far Cry 6 | 11% | 76% |
| The Medium | 4% | 51% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR6 are significantly better than the AMD Radeon R9 270X Crossfire.
The RTX 2060 has a 365 MHz higher core clock speed but 40 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the R9 270X. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the RTX 2060 manages to provide 3.8 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RTX 2060 has a 365 MHz higher core clock speed but 17 fewer Render Output Units than the R9 270X. The lower ROP count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the RTX 2060 manages to provide 0.2 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RTX 2060 was released over three years more recently than the R9 270X, and so the RTX 2060 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the R9 270X when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The R9 270X has 1024 MB more video memory than the RTX 2060, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the R9 270X also has superior memory performance overall.
The R9 270X has 70.4 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RTX 2060, which means that the memory performance of the R9 270X is much better than the RTX 2060.
The GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR6 has 1920 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon R9 270X Crossfire has 2560. However, the actual shader performance of the RTX 2060 is 3226 and the actual shader performance of the R9 270X is 2285. The RTX 2060 having 941 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RTX 2060 delivers a noticeably smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the R9 270X.
The RTX 2060 transistor size technology is 16 nm (nanometers) smaller than the R9 270X. This means that the RTX 2060 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the R9 270X.
The GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR6 requires 150 Watts to run and the Radeon R9 270X Crossfire requires 360 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the RTX 2060 and a PSU with at least 750 Watts for the R9 270X. The R9 270X requires 210 Watts more than the RTX 2060 to run. The difference is significant enough that the R9 270X may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RTX 2060.
| Core Speed | 1365 MHz |  | vs | 1000 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1680 MHz | | vs | 1050 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing | GCN 1.1 Curacao XT (x2) | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Poor | |
| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 15 Jan 2019 | | vs | 08 Oct 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600x900 | 10
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|
vs | - | |
| 1920x1080 | 10
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|
vs | 9.6
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| 2560x1440 | 9.2
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|
vs | - | |
| 3840x2160 | 7.1
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|
vs | - | |
| Memory | 3072 MB | vs | | 4096 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz | | vs | 1400 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 192 Bit | vs | | 512 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288GB/sec | vs | | 358.4GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
1024 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 1920 | vs | | 2560 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 120 | vs | | 160 | |
| Texture Rate | 163.8 GTexel/s | | vs | 160 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 47 | vs | | 64 | |
| Pixel Rate | 64.2 GPixel/s | | vs | 64 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 2 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 150 Watts | | vs | 360 Watts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | 450 Watts | | vs | 750 Watts | |
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | - | vs | | 5.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.6 | | vs | 4.4 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 2560x1440 | | vs | 1920x1080 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR6 is a mid-range GeForce 20 Series graphics card and considered a great price to performance graphics card based on the Turing architecture. Architecture The Turing architecture represents a process shrink down to 12nm compared to 14nm Pascal. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. The GeForce RTX 2060 does support real-time ray-tracing and excels at 1080p screen resolution. GPU It equips a Turing GPU codenamed TU106 which has 1920 Shader Processing Units, 120 TMUs and 47 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1365 MHz and goes up to 1680 MHz, in Boost mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 3GB frame buffer of first-gen GDDR6 memory running through a 192-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1500MHz, or 14GHz effective. The limited video memory available means the RTX 2060 3GB will struggle at 1440p resolution. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 150W, it requires at least a 450W PSU with an 8-pin power connector. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR6 is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920 x 1080. We recommend a mid-range Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | Radeon R9 270X Crossfire is a solution of two Radeon R9 270X put together using AMD'S Crossfire technology. Check the page of Radeon R9 270X to know more about its chip. Crossfire relies a lot on proper driver support and may suffer from micro-stuttering in lower frame rates (below 30). Benchmarks indicate the performance is overall, is up to x% better than a single Radeon R9 270X performing by itself but at times (depending whether or not the 3D game supports crossfire or in the graphics driver) it performed worse than a single Radeon R9 270X. Expect this combination to draw up to 360 Watt though the average power consumption should be slightly lower. Even the most demanding games will run at the highest settings. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||