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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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 2070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 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 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22615 vs 14345
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22615 vs 14345
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 October 2018 vs 5 January 2018
Pipelines 2304 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) 22615 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 vs 14345

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

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1620 MHz
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22615
14345
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark 16177
PassMark - G2D Mark 825
Geekbench - OpenCL 88523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 252.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3729.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 154.621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1303.435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8882

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU106 GP106
Launch date 17 October 2018 5 January 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $299
Place in performance rating 140 73
Price now $499.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 42.76

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1620 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 2304 1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 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

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 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

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