NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 60x more pipelines: 1920 vs 32
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 80 nm
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
  • 8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 113.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14119 vs 124
  • 13.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 746 vs 57
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 1701
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 1701
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2019 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed 1365 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines 1920 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14119 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark 746 vs 57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 vs 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 vs 1701

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

  • 5.5x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 160 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt vs 160 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14119
124
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
746
57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6714
1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6714
1701
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 14119 124
PassMark - G2D Mark 746 57
Geekbench - OpenCL 71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 1701
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1242

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Essentials

Architecture Turing Tesla
Code name TU106 G84
Launch date 7 January 2019 1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Place in performance rating 161 1564
Price now $349.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1680 MHz
Core clock speed 1365 MHz 625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 1920 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 29 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million 289 million
Floating-point performance 80 gflops
Texture fill rate 10 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C No outputs
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-HE
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR3
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0