Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High86166
1080p Ultra69139
1440p Ultra50107
4K Ultra2863
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy757117825
Solar Bay3417982645
Port Royal413411149
Fire Strike1976844109
Night Raid84918152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur144.4 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark7471165
DirectX 11110 fps245 fps
DirectX 1253 fps102 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps1039 fps
Car Chase423 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.16200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 April, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU106 AD104
Price 349 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 1920 5888
TMUs 120 184
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 46
Ray Tracing Cores 30 46
Tensor Cores 240 184
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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