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Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 7800 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 62% to 164%, including 148% in 3DMark Time Spy (18,928 vs 7,640). On llama3.1:8b, the Radeon RX 7800 XT generates 38.9 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 7800 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Released 2023 (Radeon RX 7800 XT), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060). MSRP range: $499 · $349. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*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

SpecRadeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
vram gb 166
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, Wccftech, WePC, PCGamesN, Overclock3D, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey, TopCPU, CpuTronic, PCBench and Legit Reviews; 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.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test 2.0 (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 32—
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com		 27,435 points16,961 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 25,561 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: WePC		 12,331 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 12,877 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: WePC, PCGamesN, Overclock3D, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey, Wccftech		 10,318 points4,179 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, Overclock3D, TopCPU, Wccftech		 3,757 points1,423 points
3DMark Speed Way Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —1,453 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, CpuTronic		 4,573 points1,766 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 4,152 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, PCBench, Notebookcheck, Legit Reviews		 18,928 points7,640 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 19,305 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 7800 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7800 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060?

The Radeon RX 7800 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 62% to 164%, including 148% in 3DMark Time Spy (18,928 vs 7,640).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the Radeon RX 7800 XT generates 38.9 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 7800 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 7800 XT launched at a $499 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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