nvidia
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory1152
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory2176
Cores336 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
$199 • Aug 2016
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
$ • Dec 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 120 W | 184 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1708 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Turing |
| Shading Units | 1152 | 2176 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 34 |
| TMUs | 72 | 136 |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 81.98 GPixel/s | 79.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192.2 GTexel/s | 336 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.935 GFLOPS | 7.181 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 12 GB
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 12 GB
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 12 GB
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 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
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