nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1920
Cores336 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W $329 Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
VS
GeForce RTX 2060
$349 • Jan 2019
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
6GB GDDR6 160W $349 Jan 2019
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 148 W | 160 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 1664 | 1920 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 30 |
| TMUs | 104 | 120 |
| ROPs | 56 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 65.97 GPixel/s | 80.64 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 336 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.92 GFLOPS | 6.451 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 445 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 10800 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 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
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
7379 (+106%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
78934 (+172%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
89.8 FPS (+92%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9637
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
14122 (+47%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Game Benchmarks Comparison (51 benchmarks)
Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 2060 (+118%)
AVG 131 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+116%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+133%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+85%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+96%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+189%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 4 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+92%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+85%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+100%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 2060 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 2060 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 2060 (+54%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Wolfenstein Youngblood
7.3 2019 • Action Machine Games, Arkane Studios
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 2060 (+268%)
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 2060 (+232%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 2060 (+275%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City
7 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+91%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+84%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2060 (+88%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Wins!
Based on 51 benchmarks across 17 games
35
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
VS
+87.7%
66
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
35
Avg FPS
28
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
48
Wins
66
Avg FPS
55
Min FPS
94%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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