NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
112
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
41.41
Pascal
Architecture
Turing
GP106
Code name
TU106
Desktop
Type
Laptop
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$1250
28.31
Value for money
10.50
GP106
GPU code name
N18E-G1 TU106
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
1920
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
960 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
1200 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
10,800 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
144.0
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1200 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
10,800 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
no data
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
no data
Laptop size
large

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 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
+
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
+
+
Multi Monitor
+
6.1
CUDA
7.5
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
G-SYNC
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.5
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 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 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 125 90 75 59 45 25
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 143.3 104 95.9 92.85 64.7 34.7
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 214 149.5 130 95.5 70 41
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 239.8 148.7 97.6 65.45 50.8 26.8
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 207.05 138.45 125.75 124 86.9 41
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 6 GB

Cheaper ($525 (1.8x MSRP) vs $1250)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

5.37% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1920 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (115 Watt vs 120 Watt)

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

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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