NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1178 MHz
2058.7x more texture fill rate: 224.4 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Around 31% higher pipelines: 2176 vs 1664
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
250x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 850 vs 766
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15977 vs 9640
21.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 369

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Pipelines	2176 vs 1664
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	850 vs 766
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977 vs 9640
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026 vs 369

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 184 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt vs 184 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

850

766

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15977

9640

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8026

369

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G2D Mark	850	766
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977	9640
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026	369
Geekbench - OpenCL		28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	TU106	GM204
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	54	371
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176	1664
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt	148 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm, 9 inches	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pins
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround