NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Around 76% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1012 vs 841
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19579 vs 15890
Around 33% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10626 vs 8017

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 7 Dec 2021
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1012 vs 841
PassMark - G3D Mark	19579 vs 15890
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10626 vs 8017

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1012

841

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19579

15890

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

10626

8017

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	101918
PassMark - G2D Mark	1012	841
PassMark - G3D Mark	19579	15890
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10626	8017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	309.484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	219.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1514.279

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD106	TU106
Launch date	2023	7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	69	67
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	2176
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	184 Watt
Transistor count		10800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Height		35 mm, 1.4 inches
Length		229 mm, 9 inches
Width		113 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	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6