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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 2060
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
99
62
49
35
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High86116
1080p Ultra6995
1440p Ultra5070
4K Ultra2839
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy757110620
Solar Bay3417949040
Port Royal41346050
Fire Strike1976828559
Night Raid84918121867
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur144.4 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark7471080
DirectX 11110 fps174 fps
DirectX 1253 fps77 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps709 fps
Car Chase423 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.13372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU106 AD107
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 1920 3072
TMUs 120 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 24
Ray Tracing Cores 30 24
Tensor Cores 240 96
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 160 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
10 (76.92%)
3 (23.08%)
Total Votes: 13

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