
nvidia
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1152
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1920
Cores336 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
$199 • Aug 2016
GeForce RTX 2060
$349 • Jan 2019
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Specs Comparison
Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 3 GB | 6 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
TDP | 120 W | 160 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | 1708 MHz | 1680 MHz |
Memory Bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
Process Size | 16nm | 12nm |
Architecture | Pascal | Turing |
Shading Units | 1152 | 1920 |
RT Cores | N/A | 30 |
TMUs | 72 | 120 |
ROPs | 48 | 48 |
Memory Bus | 192-bit | 192-bit |
Memory Clock | 2002 MHz | 1750 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 81.98 GPixel/s | 80.64 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 192.2 GTexel/s | 336 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 3.935 GFLOPS | 6.451 GFLOPS |
L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 3.00 MB |
Die Size | 200 mm² | 445 mm² |
Transistors | 4400 Million | 10800 Million |
Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA • 3GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
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