Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High86126
1080p Ultra69103
1440p Ultra5077
4K Ultra2844
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy757111708
Solar Bay3417954344
Port Royal41346969
Fire Strike1976829561
Night Raid84918109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur144.4 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark747988
DirectX 11110 fps163 fps
DirectX 1253 fps79 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase423 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.13670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU106 GA104
Price 349 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 1920 4864
TMUs 120 152
ROPs 48 80
Execution Units 30 38
Ray Tracing Cores 30 38
Tensor Cores 240 152
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2

Results

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