
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory2176
Cores336 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
$ • Dec 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Specs Comparison
Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 4 GB | 12 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
TDP | 148 W | 184 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1650 MHz |
Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Turing |
Shading Units | 1664 | 2176 |
RT Cores | N/A | 34 |
TMUs | 104 | 136 |
ROPs | 56 | 48 |
Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1750 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 65.97 GPixel/s | 79.2 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 336 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 3.92 GFLOPS | 7.181 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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 970
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 970
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 970
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 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
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