Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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
99
62
49
35
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High8646
1080p Ultra6935
1440p Ultra5025
4K Ultra2812
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy75713863
Solar Bay341799888
Port Royal4134824
Fire Strike1976812267
Night Raid8491850787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur144.4 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark747772
DirectX 11110 fps71 fps
DirectX 1253 fps35 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase423 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.11404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU106 GP106
Price 349 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 1920 1152
TMUs 120 72
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 9
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 240 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 160 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 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
9 (81.82%)
2 (18.18%)
Total Votes: 11

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