NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

136
Place in performance rating
72
58.53
Value for money (0-100)
48.00
Pascal
Architecture
Turing
GP106
Code name
TU106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$349
$441 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$964 (2.8x MSRP)
30.53
Value for money
23.84
GP106
GPU code name
Turing TU106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1152
Pipelines
1920
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1708 MHz
Boost Clock
1680 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
10,800 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
123.0
Texture fill rate
201.6
3,935 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1152
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1620 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
10,800 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
160 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
229 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
no data
G-SYNC support
+
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is the additional functionality.

no data
VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
no data
CUDA
7.5

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.5
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 146 101 86 69 52 30
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 173 118 111 107 76.4 42.3
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 288 211 172 120 89 52
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 309 193 120 82.9 57.1 31.1
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 281 185 167 162 102 45.9
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Cheaper ($441 (2.2x MSRP) vs $964 (2.8x MSRP))

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 160 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

21.89% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1920 vs 1152)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 performance benchmarks comparison

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