Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 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
120
75
68
45
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
139
110
78
41
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
196
151
107
53
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
105
92
73
41
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
73
62
43
22
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
91
84
58
38
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
70
58
44
22
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
79
72
45
18
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
125
112
80
41
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High11150
1080p Ultra9137
1440p Ultra6627
4K Ultra3613
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
10047
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy101704203
Solar Bay4595811205
Port Royal6033838
Fire Strike2566113131
Night Raid10251254567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
105349
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur166.7 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection103.3 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.21 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.56 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.17 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching489.7 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13242.9 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
18196
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark878747
DirectX 11150 fps72 fps
DirectX 1267 fps37 fps
GPU Compute7619 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
111.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)575 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase513.3 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)473.3 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex2543.8 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 22749.6 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.1 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2924.71538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU104 GP106
Price 499 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1280
TMUs 160 80
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 40 10
Ray Tracing Cores 40 No
Tensor Cores 320 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 113 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 283 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 215 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
448 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 2070 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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