NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1050 MHz
• Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1680 MHz vs 1178 MHz
• Around 15% higher pipelines: 1920 vs 1664
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
• 2000x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
• Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14119 vs 9640
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71402 vs 28498
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 217.04 vs 105.107
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3119.736 vs 1225.96
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.707 vs 8.737
• 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 133.975 vs 35.714
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1141.283 vs 490.688
• Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 11499
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3698
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3340
• Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 11499
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3698
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3340
• 3.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1242 vs 369

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

• Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 160 Watt
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 746

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	14119 9640
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	746 766
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	71402 28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	217.04 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3119.736 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.707 8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	133.975 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1141.283 490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	20094 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7442 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6714 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	20094 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7442 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6714 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1242 369

Compare specifications (specs)