Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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
108
65
55
38
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
122
97
72
39
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
177
131
93
44
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
90
81
62
34
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
66
54
38
20
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
78
70
51
32
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
61
46
36
21
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
66
61
34
17
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
105
96
65
37
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High9750
1080p Ultra7837
1440p Ultra5627
4K Ultra3113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy87384203
Solar Bay3865111205
Port Royal5061838
Fire Strike2253413131
Night Raid9207354567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur155.7 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection93.7 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.81 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.91 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.89 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.09 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching381.7 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10550.4 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark856747
DirectX 11130 fps72 fps
DirectX 1261 fps37 fps
GPU Compute6758 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)504.3 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase452.3 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)394.6 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex1932.3 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 22370.8 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2279.9 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2410.61538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU106 GP106
Price 399 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1470 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 2176 1280
TMUs 136 80
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 34 10
Ray Tracing Cores 34 No
Tensor Cores 272 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 106 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 224 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 175 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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