Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 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
99
62
49
35
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High8650
1080p Ultra6937
1440p Ultra5027
4K Ultra2813
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy75714203
Solar Bay3417911205
Port Royal4134838
Fire Strike1976813131
Night Raid8491854567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur144.4 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark747747
DirectX 11110 fps72 fps
DirectX 1253 fps37 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase423 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.11538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 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 349 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 1920 1280
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 10
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 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 4.4 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 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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