NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 1920 vs 1280
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 14345
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 14345
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2019 vs 5 January 2018
Pipelines 1920 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 14345

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1680 MHz
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 160 Watt
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 160 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20094
14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20094
14345
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark 14152
PassMark - G2D Mark 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 70788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3131.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7487

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU106 GP106
Launch date 7 January 2019 5 January 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $299
Place in performance rating 150 72
Price now $349.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1680 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1365 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 1920 1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 6 GB
Memory bus width 192 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s