Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
63
34
28
15
85
49
41
24
The Witcher 3
45
39
27
12
81
67
47
24
Counter-Strike 2
84
57
41
16
135
94
65
30
Far Cry 6
49
44
31
14
70
61
45
21
Hogwarts Legacy
28
23
18
n/a
43
36
27
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
39
32
22
14
53
47
31
21
Ghost of Tsushima
24
16
14
9
41
32
23
13
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
16
n/a
44
41
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
29
16
78
72
47
22
Avg FPS
1080p High4670
1080p Ultra3555
1440p Ultra2539
4K Ultra1220
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
5789
Time Spy38635960
Solar Bay988825955
Port Royal8243328
Fire Strike1226715850
Night Raid5078762399
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
73982
Background Blur92.6 frames/s150.7 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s75.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.4 Gpix/sec2.83 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.04 Gpix/sec3.68 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.28 Gpix/sec4.08 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.89 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching110.7 Gpix/sec257.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3306.4 fps9069.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
11353
G2D Mark772540
DirectX 1171 fps96 fps
DirectX 1235 fps39 fps
GPU Compute4116 Ops/s3992 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
59.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)284.8 fps326.8 fps
Car Chase280.4 fps290.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)245.2 fps264.8 fps
T-Rex1203.9 fps1326.4 fps
ALU 25992 fps1494.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2231.3 fps202.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1404.61656.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced August, 18, 2016 January, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Pascal Turing
Codename GP106 TU106 (N18E-G1-B)
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 960 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1708 MHz 1175-1200 MHz
Shader Units 1152 1920
TMUs 72 120
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 9 30
Ray Tracing Cores No 30
Tensor Cores No 240
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 56-58 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 141-144 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 4.5-4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 120 W 80-115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 10.8 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 24.27 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 1375 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 3 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
264 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile the clear winner in this comparison.

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