AMD Radeon RX 560X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The benchmark data tells a story of overwhelming generational superiority, with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER winning both head-to-head tests decisively. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 2060 SUPER scores 76,957 against the RX 560X’s 17,020 — a delta of -77.9% from the AMD card’s perspective. That is not a marginal victory; it is a four-and-a-half-fold gap in raw compute throughput under the OpenCL API. The Vulkan result is slightly closer but still lopsided: the RTX 2060 SUPER posts 77,402 versus 20,231 for the RX 560X, a -73.9% delta. In both cases, the NVIDIA card delivers roughly 3.8 to 4.5 times the performance of the AMD part.

What makes these numbers striking is not just the magnitude but the consistency across APIs. OpenCL and Vulkan stress different parts of the GPU pipeline — OpenCL leans on general compute, while Vulkan is a low-overhead graphics API — yet the RTX 2060 SUPER dominates both by nearly identical margins. This suggests the gap is structural rather than workload-specific. The RX 560X’s average benchmark score of 18,626 places it among rivals like the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT (18,685, -0.3%) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (18,789, -0.9%), meaning it trades blows with much newer midrange and older high-end cards. The RTX 2060 SUPER’s average of 18,093 sits near the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (18,159, -0.4%) and AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (18,189, -0.5%), showing it competes in a completely different performance stratum. Both cards occupy the 62nd percentile among all GPUs, but that percentile is a crowd-level statistic — within their respective peer groups, the RX 560X is a scrappy underdog while the RTX 2060 SUPER is a heavyweight.

The deltaPct values in the head-to-head table are the clearest evidence: -77.9% and -73.9% are not rounding errors or noise. The RX 560X would need to roughly quadruple its output in both tests to match the RTX 2060 SUPER. In practical terms, this means the AMD card will struggle with any modern workload that scales with raw compute, while the NVIDIA card has headroom for future demands.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs are separated by more than just performance — they come from fundamentally different design philosophies and manufacturing eras. The RX 560X is built on AMD’s GCN 4.0 architecture, codenamed Polaris 21, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. The RTX 2060 SUPER uses NVIDIA’s Turing architecture, chip TU106, on a 12 nm process at TSMC. The node difference alone explains part of the efficiency gap: 12 nm allows tighter packing, but the real story is in the transistor counts. The RX 560X has 3,000 million transistors on a 123 mm² die, yielding a density of 24.4M / mm². The RTX 2060 SUPER packs 10,800 million transistors onto a 445 mm² die, with a nearly identical density of 24.3M / mm². That density parity is fascinating — both chips are equally efficient at squeezing transistors into silicon, but NVIDIA uses 3.6 times more die area to deliver the performance advantage.

The architectural feature set diverges sharply. The RTX 2060 SUPER includes 34 ray tracing cores and 272 tensor cores — hardware dedicated to real-time ray tracing and AI-accelerated workloads. The RX 560X has none, with those fields null in the data. This is not a minor spec sheet difference; it changes what each card can do at the API level. The RTX 2060 SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the RX 560X only reaches DirectX 12 (12_0). That means the NVIDIA card can run the latest DirectX 12 Ultimate features, including ray tracing and mesh shaders, while the AMD card is limited to the older baseline feature set. Vulkan support also differs: the RTX 2060 SUPER supports Vulkan 1.4, the RX 560X only 1.3. Both support OpenGL 4.6.

Memory technology is another clear divider. The RX 560X uses 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 112.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 2060 SUPER uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s — exactly four times the bandwidth. Memory clocks are the same at 1750 MHz, but the effective data rate doubles from 7 Gbps to 14 Gbps, and the bus width doubles, compounding into that 4x bandwidth figure. The shading resources are also vastly different: the RX 560X has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 16 ROPs, while the RTX 2060 SUPER has 2,176 shading units, 136 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The pixel rate jumps from 20.40 GPixel/s to 105.6 GPixel/s, and texture rate from 81.60 GTexel/s to 224.4 GTexel/s. FP32 compute goes from 2.611 TFLOPS to 7.181 TFLOPS. The RTX 2060 SUPER also doubles its FP16 throughput at a 2:1 ratio (14.36 TFLOPS) versus the RX 560X’s 1:1 ratio (2.611 TFLOPS), making it far more capable for mixed-precision workloads.

Power and physical design reflect the performance gap. The RX 560X has a 75 W TDP with no power connectors and a suggested 250 W PSU. The RTX 2060 SUPER draws 175 W, requires a single 8-pin connector, and suggests a 450 W PSU. The RTX 2060 SUPER is also physically larger: 229 mm long, 113 mm tall, and 35 mm wide, versus the RX 560X’s 170 mm length. Both are dual-slot cards. The RX 560X uses PCIe 3.0 x8, while the RTX 2060 SUPER uses PCIe 3.0 x16 — a meaningful difference for bandwidth-sensitive workloads. Display outputs also differ: the RX 560X has 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, and 1x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the RTX 2060 SUPER has 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, and 1x USB Type-C.

FAQ

Q: Why does the RTX 2060 SUPER score so much higher in both Geekbench tests?

A: The data shows a -77.9% delta in OpenCL and -73.9% in Vulkan, meaning the RTX 2060 SUPER delivers roughly 4.5x and 3.8x the performance respectively. This stems from architectural differences: the RTX 2060 SUPER has 2,176 shading units versus 1,024, 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus versus 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus, and FP32 compute of 7.181 TFLOPS versus 2.611 TFLOPS.

Q: Are both cards in the same performance percentile?

A: Yes, both sit at the 62nd percentile among all GPUs. However, their average benchmark scores tell different stories — the RX 560X averages 18,626 while the RTX 2060 SUPER averages 18,093. The RX 560X’s rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (delta -0.9%), while the RTX 2060 SUPER’s rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (delta -0.4%). The percentile is a broad measure; the head-to-head deltas are far more revealing.

Q: Does the RX 560X support ray tracing?

A: No. The RT cores field is null for the RX 560X, while the RTX 2060 SUPER has 34 RT cores. The NVIDIA card also has 272 tensor cores, which the AMD card lacks entirely. This is reflected in API support: the RTX 2060 SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the RX 560X only supports DirectX 12 (12_0).

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER has 448.0 GB/s bandwidth versus 112.0 GB/s for the RX 560X — a 4x difference. This comes from doubling both the bus width (256-bit vs 128-bit) and the effective memory rate (14 Gbps vs 7 Gbps), while both use the same 1750 MHz memory clock.

Q: Which card has a higher transistor density?

A: They are nearly identical. The RX 560X has 24.4M transistors per mm², and the RTX 2060 SUPER has 24.3M per mm². The difference is in scale: the RTX 2060 SUPER has 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die, versus 3,000 million on 123 mm² for the RX 560X.

Q: Is the RTX 2060 SUPER more power-hungry?

A: Yes, significantly. The RTX 2060 SUPER has a 175 W TDP and requires a 450 W suggested PSU, while the RX 560X has a 75 W TDP and a 250 W suggested PSU. The NVIDIA card also needs an 8-pin power connector, whereas the AMD card uses none.

Specification Differences

| Field | AMD Radeon RX 560X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |

| Chip | Polaris 21 | TU106 |

| Process Node | 14 nm (GlobalFoundries) | 12 nm (TSMC) |

| Transistors | 3,000 million | 10,800 million |

| Die Size | 123 mm² | 445 mm² |

| Base Clock | 1175 MHz | 1470 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1275 MHz | 1650 MHz |

| Memory Size | 4 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR6 |

| Memory Bus | 128 bit | 256 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 112.0 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |

| Effective Memory Rate | 7 Gbps | 14 Gbps |

| Shading Units | 1024 | 2176 |

| TMUs | 64 | 136 |

| ROPs | 16 | 64 |

| RT Cores | None | 34 |

| Tensor Cores | None | 272 |

| Pixel Rate | 20.40 GPixel/s | 105.6 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 81.60 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 2.611 TFLOPS | 7.181 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 2.611 TFLOPS (1:1) | 14.36 TFLOPS (2:1) |

| TDP | 75 W | 175 W |

| Power Connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |

| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 450 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |

| Dimensions | 170 mm length | 229 mm length, 113 mm height, 35 mm width |

| Display Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DP 1.4a | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DP 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |

| Release Date | 2018-04-10 | 2019-07-08 |

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the RTX 2060 SUPER is the superior GPU by every measurable benchmark metric. It wins both head-to-head tests with deltas of -77.9% and -73.9%, has 4x the memory bandwidth, 3.6x the transistors, and 2.75x the FP32 compute. The RX 560X’s only advantages are power efficiency (75 W vs 175 W TDP), physical size (170 mm vs 229 mm length), and a lower PSU requirement (250 W vs 450 W). There is no benchmark category where the RX 560X wins. The nearestRivals data confirms the RTX 2060 SUPER competes with cards like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and AMD Radeon Pro 5700, while the RX 560X sits alongside the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 — but those are average-score comparisons. In direct head-to-head testing, the NVIDIA card is in a different league.

The RX 560X is end-of-life, released in April 2018, with no successor listed beyond the vague "Vega" entry. The RTX 2060 SUPER, released in July 2019, is also end-of-life, with its successor marked as "GeForce 30." Both are legacy products, but the RTX 2060 SUPER remains relevant for modern workloads due to its RT and tensor cores, while the RX 560X lacks any such future-proofing features. Its launch MSRP of 399 USD is a data point, but the performance gap means the price is secondary to capability.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 2060 SUPER wins everywhere that performance matters. In compute-heavy tasks like OpenCL workloads, it delivers 76,957 points versus 17,020 — a 4.5x advantage. In Vulkan, it scores 77,402 versus 20,231, a 3.8x lead. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth makes it suitable for large textures and high-resolution assets, while the RX 560X’s 4 GB GDDR5 at 112.0 GB/s will bottleneck on modern game assets. The RTX 2060 SUPER’s 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores enable ray tracing and DLSS-style AI workloads, which the RX 560X cannot handle at all. Its DirectX 12 Ultimate support means it can run the latest API features; the RX 560X is stuck at DirectX 12 (12_0).

The RX 560X wins only in niche scenarios: low-power builds where 75 W TDP and no power connector are critical, small form factor cases that can only fit a 170 mm card, or systems with a weak 250 W PSU. It also supports Vulkan 1.3, which is still modern, and its 2.611 TFLOPS of FP32 is enough for light 1080p gaming or basic compute. But those are concessions, not strengths. The data shows the RTX 2060 SUPER is the choice for anyone who needs actual performance, while the RX 560X is a legacy part suited only to constrained environments. The 62nd percentile ranking for both is a statistical curiosity — within that wide band, the RTX 2060 SUPER is at the top of its peer group while the RX 560X is at the bottom of a much lower tier.