Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
89
52
42
24
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
85
67
46
24
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
133
93
66
32
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
70
62
50
23
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
46
36
28
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
55
49
31
22
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
41
32
25
12
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
46
41
23
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
76
73
49
22
Avg FPS
1080p High8671
1080p Ultra6956
1440p Ultra5040
4K Ultra2820
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Time Spy75716091
Solar Bay3417915809
Port Royal41341275
Fire Strike1976818707
Night Raid8491872273
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Background Blur144.4 frames/s142.3 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s65.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec2.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec3.23 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec3.74 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec195.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps5161.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
G2D Mark747847
DirectX 11110 fps100 fps
DirectX 1253 fps48 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s6129 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps423.4 fps
Car Chase423 fps391.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps360 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps1942.3 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps5965.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps271.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.12186

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 January, 10, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU106 GP104
Price 349 379

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1683 MHz
Shader Units 1920 1920
TMUs 120 120
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 15
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 240 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 108 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 160 W 150 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 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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