Radeon RX 7600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Radeon RX 7600 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 17% to 71%, including 45% in 3DMark Time Spy (11,049 vs 7,640). On llama3.2:3b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 generates 50.4 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 20.0 for the Radeon RX 7600 (per LocalLLaMA), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 7600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Released 2023 (Radeon RX 7600), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060). MSRP range: $269 · $349. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Radeon RX 7600 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 8 | 6 |
| vram type | — | GDDR6 |
| tdp w | — | 160 |
| cuda cores | — | 1920 |
| process nm | — | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Overclocking.com, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, PCGamesN, Tweaktown, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey, LanOC Reviews, TopCPU, CpuTronic, IDC, PCBench, Legit Reviews and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 7600 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
19 fps | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Overclocking.com, Notebookcheck |
29,054 points | 16,961 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: PCGamesN, Tweaktown, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey |
5,591 points | 4,179 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: LanOC Reviews, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, TopCPU |
1,954 points | 1,423 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way Graphics (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey |
— | 1,453 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, CpuTronic |
2,312 points | 1,766 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: IDC, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, PCBench, Notebookcheck, Legit Reviews |
11,049 points | 7,640 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
5,442 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme Graphics (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey |
— | 3,433 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey |
— | 7,482 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
986 pts | — |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
16,521 pts | 14,076 points |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
Radeon RX 7600
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- llama2:7b: 60.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (Vulkan performance scoreboard))
- llama2:7b: 58.0 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (Vulkan performance scoreboard))
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
- llama3.2:3b: 50.4 tok/s (DatabaseMart)
- mistral:7b: 48.6 tok/s (DatabaseMart)
- deepseek-r1:1.5b: 43.1 tok/s (DatabaseMart)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7600 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060?
The Radeon RX 7600 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 17% to 71%, including 45% in 3DMark Time Spy (11,049 vs 7,640).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On llama3.2:3b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 generates 50.4 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 20.0 for the Radeon RX 7600 (per LocalLLaMA), best community run on file for each.
What did the Radeon RX 7600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 cost at launch?
The Radeon RX 7600 launched at a $269 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 at $349. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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