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

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 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 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1107 vs 837
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19882 vs 15918
  • Around 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10620 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 1107 vs 837
PassMark - G3D Mark 19882 vs 15918
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10620 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
1107
837
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19882
15918
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
10620
8017
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Geekbench - OpenCL 101785
PassMark - G2D Mark 1107 837
PassMark - G3D Mark 19882 15918
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10620 8017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553

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 74 72

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