NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 4070 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 244.1 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 4608 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 184 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19535 vs 15921

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 7 Dec 2021
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 184 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19535 vs 15921

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 843 vs 757
3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 2699

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	843 vs 757
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026 vs 2699

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

757

843

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19535

15921

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2699

8026

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	757	843
PassMark - G3D Mark	19535	15921
Geekbench - OpenCL	109064
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2699	8026
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	319.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	36.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	218.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1585.54

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD106	TU106
Launch date	2023	7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	80	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	244.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.62 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.62 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608	2176
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	184 Watt
Transistor count		10800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Height		35 mm, 1.4 inches
Length		229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
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	256.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6