NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 290 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 3478
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Dec 2021 vs 31 May 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 184 Watt vs 290 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8026 vs 3478

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1470 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1650 MHz
  • Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 339.8 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2176
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1051 vs 850
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23411 vs 15977
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1575 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate 339.8 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1051 vs 850
PassMark - G3D Mark 23411 vs 15977

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
850
1051
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15977
23411
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8026
3478
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark 850 1051
PassMark - G3D Mark 15977 23411
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8026 3478
Geekbench - OpenCL 137664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1807.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8004

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Turing Ampere
Code name TU106 GA104
Launch date 7 Dec 2021 31 May 2021
Place in performance rating 54 66
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 1470 MHz 1575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 224.4 GFLOPS (1:32) 339.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.36 TFLOPS (2:1) 21.75 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.181 TFLOPS 21.75 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2176 6144
Pixel fill rate 79.20 GPixel/s 169.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 224.4 GTexel/s 339.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 184 Watt 290 Watt
Transistor count 10800 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 229 mm, 9 inches 267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 113 mm, 4.4 inches 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X