NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 101650 vs 88096
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 819
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19722 vs 16112
Around 47% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2302 vs 1569
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 311.253 vs 251.703
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 33.932 vs 27.153
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 169.697 vs 153.341
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1500.926 vs 1304.365
Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6622.553 vs 3742.063

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 17 October 2018
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Pipelines	3840 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650 vs 88096
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081 vs 819
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722 vs 16112
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302 vs 1569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	311.253 vs 251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.932 vs 27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	169.697 vs 153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1500.926 vs 1304.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6622.553 vs 3742.063

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 200 Watt
6.2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

101650

88096

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

819

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19722

16112

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2302

1569

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

311.253

251.703

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.932

27.153

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

169.697

153.341

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1500.926

1304.365

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6622.553

3742.063

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650	88096
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081	819
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722	16112
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302	1569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	311.253	251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.932	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	169.697	153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1500.926	1304.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6622.553	3742.063
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD106	TU106
Launch date	2023	17 October 2018
Place in performance rating	75	151
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$499.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		42.76
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1620 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	2304
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count		10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6