It’s all gone a bit Game of Thrones on the planet of best graphics cards this week. Having loved a really snug stint on the 1440p Iron Throne ever because it rose to energy in February of this yr, Nvidia’s RTX 2060 was nearly to guarantee its legacy with the delivery of the RTX 2060 Super card when AMD pitch up and threaten to go all ‘Dracarys’ with their new RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT Navi GPUs. Sadly, I don’t have a fire-breathing dragon to assist settle this epic battle of 1440p graphics playing cards, so that you’ll must make do with some graphs as a substitute. To the bar charts!
RTX 2060 vs RX 5700 vs RTX 2060 Super vs RX 5700 XT: How we take a look at
To see how all 4 playing cards stack up throughout 1920×1080 and 2560×1440 resolutions, I’ve run every of them by means of my normal games benchmarking suite. That contains Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Final Fantasy XV (with out Nvidia’s fancy HairWorks, TurfEffects, VXAO and ShadowLibs results turned on), Monster Hunter: World, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon 4, The Witcher III and Metro Exodus.
Paired with my Intel Core i5-8600Okay CPU and 16GB of Corsair Vengeance 2133MHz RAM, I’ve seen what every card can do on max settings at every decision and brought a mean body charge (both from their very own built-in benchmarks or from my very own repeated handbook gameplay checks) to see how they stack up in opposition to one another. I’ve additionally included outcomes for what they will do on High settings at 1440p, too, as there are nonetheless a few circumstances the place a clean, constant 60fps isn’t fairly potential with all the things maxed out.
The playing cards in query are the Nvidia Founders Editions of the RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super and AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT, so every one must be fairly consultant of their explicit class of GPU. With that in thoughts, let’s get all the way down to some graph motion.
RTX 2060 vs RX 5700 vs RTX 2060 Super vs RX 5700 XT: 1080p benchmarks
It in all probability goes with out saying at this level that every one 4 playing cards can positively hit no less than 60fps in even right now’s hardest games at 1080p. Well, virtually. Metro Exodus remains to be a little bit of a chore for the common RTX 2060, however I ought to stress that this result’s from the game’s powerful devoted benchmarking device, which dials each potential possibility as much as eleven for its Ultra preset. As a outcome, I’m certain you in all probability might get 60fps in Metro with Ultra high quality so long as you tweaked a number of the different settings, however I’ve left the benchmark as is for this explicit take a look at to provide us a fairer comparability between all 4 playing cards.
And for essentially the most half, the RX 5700 XT comes out on high right here – though there are nonetheless a couple of cases the place it’s both degree with the RTX 2060 Super (corresponding to in Shadow of the Tomb Raider), or simply behind it, corresponding to in Total War: Three Kingdoms and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. To be sincere, AssCreed is a little bit of a bizarre one all spherical, actually, given how shut all 4 of them are right here, however I did re-test this explicit game a number of instances to verify it wasn’t some bizarre blip, and yep, they’re all just about similar.
Still, other than these tasty 20fps-odd leaps in Final Fantasy XV, The Witcher III and that rocket-fuelled outcome Forza Horizon 4, I’m not seeing a lot proof to warrant spending one other $50 on both the RTX 2060 Super or RX 5700 XT at this decision, because the positive factors you’re getting are going to be fairly troublesome to select with out the help of a body charge counter (and in addition non-existent for those who’ve solely bought a daily 60Hz monitor).
Sure, the quicker a card is now at 1080p, the extra probability it has of having the ability to hit these high speeds additional down the road when games get much more demanding, however on the entire, I believe each the common variations of the RTX 2060 and RX 5700 will serve you completely properly for the foreseeable future. Indeed, out of the 2, it’s the RX 5700 that may in all probability serve you finest right here, as you’ll see it’s only a tiny bit forward of the RTX 2060 in all the things besides Tomb Raider, Total War and AssCreed, the place it’s neck and neck.
RTX 2060 vs RX 5700 vs RTX 2060 Super vs RX 5700 XT: 1440p benchmarks
Really, although, you’re primarily going to be taking a look at these playing cards for his or her 1440p efficiency, and that is the place issues get fairly attention-grabbing. Once once more, it’s the RX 5700 XT that comes out on high general, however the common RX 5700 additionally places in a reasonably good exhibiting right here, too.
Not solely is it going toe to toe with the costlier RTX 2060 Super in Shadow of the Tomb Raider (with its SMAAT x2 anti-aliasing enabled right here), Metro Exodus and Monster Hunter: World, but it surely additionally sits very snuggly between the RTX 2060 and its Super sibling in Final Fantasy XV, The Witcher III and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. I imply, we’re nonetheless solely speaking a handful of frames right here, however whenever you’re caught milling across the 45-50fps mark, typically these additional frames could make all of the distinction.
The RTX 2060 pulls it again a bit after we drop the standard all the way down to High (see beneath), sustaining its equal footing with the RX 5700 in Total War and levelling the taking part in subject in each Final Fantasy XV and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but it surely nonetheless struggles to match all the things else in Metro Exodus and Monster Hunter: World. Here, the RX 5700 really manages to surpasses the RTX 2060 Super in Metro (simply), and maintains its maintain on the Super in outdated MonHan, whereas the RX 5700 XT is even additional forward.
On the entire, although, I’d say it’s really the conventional RX 5700 that impresses me most at this decision. Sure, it’s not fairly as fast as its XT sibling, but it surely’s nonetheless able to hitting 60fps at this decision on both High or max settings, and I’m unsure my eyes are fairly ok to understand the distinction between 58fps, say, and 64fps.
As a outcome, if I needed to $350-400 to spend on a graphics card, I believe I’d in all probability go for the RX 5700. I’d positively decide it over the identically-priced RTX 2060, and whereas it by no means fairly goes full ‘Dracarys’ on the RTX 2060 Super, I reckon it makes sufficient dents in its chrome-plated armour to erode a few of its enchantment. The RX 5700 XT, then again, turns into extra attention-grabbing when seen within the context of Nvidia’s RTX 2070 and RTX 2070 Super, and I’ll be doing a second load of comparability graphs about that tomorrow.
RTX 2060 vs RX 5700 vs RTX 2060 Super vs RX 5700 XT: Conclusion
Out of the 4 challengers to the 1440p throne, then, I believe the RX 5700 is nearly positively the one that provides essentially the most worth for cash – particularly for those who’re completely content material with High settings at 1440p as a substitute of maxing all the things out.
That mentioned, it’s additionally price mentioning at that neither the RX 5700 or RX 5700 XT have any ray tracing assist, so for those who’ve bought a hankering for the bestest, most life like shadows and reflections, then there’s merely no query however to go along with Nvidia – by which case, it’s in all probability price stretching to the Super for those who can afford it, because it’s solely going provide higher speeds whenever you’ve bought ray tracing enabled.
Personally, as a lot as I’m a fan of how ray tracing appears to be like, I’m nonetheless not fully satisfied there are sufficient confirmed ray tracing and DLSS games on the market to actually justify leaping on the RTX bandwagon proper now. Remember, there are nonetheless solely half a dozen games on that listing which have really carried out their ray tracing / DLSS assist at time of writing, and there’s nonetheless no phrase on when numerous the others will likely be including it in, both. Sure, there’ll virtually definitely be extra ray tracing games popping out over the following months (and little doubt years that you just’ll personal this explicit graphics card), however let’s put it this manner – I’ve but to see a ray tracing game that has satisfied me 100% that I completely want to purchase an RTX card proper this very second. Metro Exodus got here shut, however its ray tracing can be so intensive that you really want one thing much more highly effective than both the RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super to do it justice – and then you definitely’re moving into foolish cash territory, too.
By all means knock your self out with an Nvidia card for those who do wish to give ray tracing a go, however at this value vary, I wouldn’t say it’s a vital a part of what makes these explicit playing cards so interesting. Instead, it’s that uncooked 1440p efficiency for me, and searching on the numbers, I’d say AMD’s new Navi GPUs have a a lot stronger declare to the Iron graphics card Throne proper now than outdated Nvidia’s lot.
