NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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, 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 2070 Super

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 1506 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1709 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1280
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25232 vs 14345
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25232 vs 14345
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 July 2019 vs 5 January 2018
Core clock speed 1605 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Pipelines 2560 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25232 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25232 vs 14345

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

  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 215 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 215 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25232
14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25232
14345
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark 18253
PassMark - G2D Mark 886
Geekbench - OpenCL 99809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 293.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4045.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 29.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 158.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1438.826
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25232 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25232 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU104 GP106
Launch date 2 July 2019 5 January 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $299
Place in performance rating 133 72
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1770 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1605 MHz 1506 MHz
CUDA cores 2560
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 16 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 88 C
Pipelines 2560 1280
Render output units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 13.6 B 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.556” (115.7mm)
Length 10.5” (266.74mm) 250 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 6 pin + 8 pin 1x 6-pin
Width 2-Slot
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready