GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop vs Radeon RX 5700 XT
On raw speed the Radeon RX 5700 XT comes out dramatically faster — about 50% ahead of the GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop.
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Radeon RX 5700 XT vs GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 5700 XT vs GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop
The Radeon RX 5700 XT is dramatically faster, around 50% ahead of the GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the Radeon RX 5700 XT is comfortable at 1080p, while the GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop is better matched to entry-level 1080p.
Power & Efficiency
At 80W against 225W, the GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop is both the lower-power and the more efficient card, making it the easier build to cool and power.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
The Radeon RX 5700 XT carries 8GB versus 6GB on the GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop. The extra 2GB helps at 4K, with high-resolution texture packs, and for content-creation or local-AI workloads that exhaust smaller buffers.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Radeon RX 5700 XT offers AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop or Radeon RX 5700 XT?
The Radeon RX 5700 XT is the faster card by about 50%. Since one of these is a laptop GPU, its listed price covers the whole system rather than just the chip, so it isn't directly comparable — base your decision on the spec differences above.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Technical Specifications Comparison
Architecture & Cores
| Specification | GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop | Radeon RX 5700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA |
| Process Node | TSMC 12nm | TSMC N7 |
| CUDA Cores (CUDA Cores / Stream Processors) | 1,920 | 2,560✓ |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 30 | — |
| Tensor / AI Cores | 240 | — |
Clock Speeds
| Specification | GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop | Radeon RX 5700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 960 MHz | 1,605 MHz✓ |
| Boost Clock | 1,200 MHz | 1,905 MHz✓ |
Memory
| Specification | GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop | Radeon RX 5700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM Capacity | 6 GB | 8 GB✓ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit✓ |
| Memory Speed | 14 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 336 GB/s | 448 GB/s✓ |
Connectivity & Power
| Specification | GeForce RTX 2060 Laptop | Radeon RX 5700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TDP | 80 W✓ | 225 W |
| Power Connectors | None | 1x 8-pin + 1x 6-pin |
| Released | Jan 2019 | Jul 2019 |