The RTX 2070 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Turing set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the RTX 2060 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 350. The good news is, with the release of the RTX 2060 SUPER, the RTX 2060 's price is getting more discount.
NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Turing graphics card inside the RTX 2060, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RTX 2060 is much more expensive than the GTX 1060 6GB as it costs a whopping $ 350. Compare this to the GTX 1060 6GB, which came originally at a price of $ 254. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the RX 5700 which costs $ 349.
Spec for spec, this RTX 2060 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 1060 6GB, by boasting 60.9 % more fps. In our synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 2060 blows past the GTX 1060 6GB and, amazingly, even the GTX 1070 as well.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RTX 2060 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 1060 6GB and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 5700, the RTX 2060 was -4.3 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Elden Ring, Marvel's Avengers, Dying Light 2, Total War: Warhammer III at 61 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Gears of War 5, Need For Speed: Heat, Final Fantasy XV, Resident Evil 4, Far Cry 6 at 60 fps to 61 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Overwatch 2, Valorant at 70 fps to 148 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 109 fps.
The GTX 1070 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Pascal set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 1060 6GB is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 254. NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Pascal graphics card inside the GTX 1060 6GB, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 1060 6GB is much more expensive than the GTX 960 as it costs a whopping $ 254. Compare this to the GTX 960, which came originally at a price of $ 199. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the RX 580 which costs $ 229. Spec for spec, this GTX 1060 6GB leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 960, by boasting 76.3 % more fps.
The GTX 1060 6GB has 6 GB RAM compared to the GTX 960 's 2 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 1060 6GB blows past the GTX 960 and, amazingly, even the GTX 970 as well.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1060 6GB consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 960 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 580, the GTX 1060 6GB was -6.2 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Hitman 2, Apex Legends, F1 2019, Overwatch 2, Spider-Man Remastered at 61 fps to 67 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 105 fps to 105 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 105 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 91 fps to 91 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 91 fps.
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 9 inches 229 mm | 9.823 inches 250 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI2x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 160 W | 120 W |
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1680 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1365 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz 14000 MHz effective | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective |
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 2000 | GeForce 1000 |
| Production | Released | Active |
| Release Date | Jan 7, 2019 | Mar 8th, 2018 |
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 7.5 | 6.1 |
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.96 | 1.1.82 |
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Turing | Pascal |
| Die Size | 445 mm2 | 314 mm² |
| GPU Name | TU106 | GP104 |
| Process Size | 12 nm | 16 nm |
| Transistors | 10,800 million | 7,200 million |
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 336.0 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Size | 6144 MB | 6144 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| SM Count | 30 | 10 |
| Shading Units | 1920 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 120 | 80 |
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 12,902 GFLOPS (2:1) | 68.36 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 6,451 GFLOPS | 4,375 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 201.6 GFLOPS (1:32) | 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 80.64 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 201.6 GTexel/s | 136.7 GTexel/s |
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