AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) vs Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 12G

Comparison of GPU cores for AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 12G graphics cards. The GPU core data contains the number of blocks (in the AMD documentation these blocks are called Shader Engine (SE), while Nvidia calls them Graphics Processing Clusters (GPC), words are different, the essence is the same) and ROP/TMUs (Raster Processing Units). These characteristics have a great influence on the GPU computing power.

• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT TU106
• Execution units
  36 34
• Shader
  2304 2176
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Texture Units
  144 136

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 12G GPUs. A sufficiently large amount of graphics memory with high frequency and adequate bandwidth positively affects the speed of high resolution texture processing.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  2 GHz 1.750 GHz
• Memory Speed
  8 Gbps 14 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 336 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 12G graphics cards. These values are not displayed in the BIOS, but can be viewed with the help of diagnostic utilities such as GPU-Z or Everest.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.470 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.340 GHz 1.650 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
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Comparison of the thermal design power of the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 12G GPUs. The TDP number determines the maximum power consumption of your graphics card. The specifications for computer ventilation and power supply are often based on the TDP numbers and should be optimized for it.

• TDP
  185 W 185 W

In this section, we'll explore what functions the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 12G GPUs have. In addition, we have added ray tracing support to achieve the proper simulation of light rays and shadows. The list can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes

Let's compare how AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 12G support popular codecs h264, VP8, h265 / HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The availability of such video codecs helps reduce the load on the graphics card during the playback or creation of videos. This has a positive effect on reducing power consumption and heat generation by the GPU.

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

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 12G, along with the sales starting time and the price at that moment. We provide a link to the GPU specifications directly from its manufacturer.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Structure size
  14 nm 12 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2021