NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

164
Place in performance rating
95
34.16
Value for money (0-100)
35.43
Pascal
Architecture
Turing
GP106
Code name
TU106B
Laptop
Type
Laptop
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
$237.11
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$240 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$1758
38.74
Value for money
5.89
N17E-G1
GPU code name
N18E-G2 TU106
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
2304
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1215 MHz
1708 MHz
Boost Clock
1485 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
10,800 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
80 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
133.6
Texture fill rate
213.8
4,275 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
1280
CUDA cores
no data
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1440 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
10,800 million
80 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 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
large
Laptop size
large
-
SLI options
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile can be seen in this section.

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

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
+
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2.2
HDCP
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
+
+
Multi Monitor
+
+
3D Vision
no data
3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
7.5
+
Surround
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
Virtual Reality
no data
+
ShadowWorks
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
DSR
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.5
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 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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 Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 83 62 51 39 29 15
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 131 100 85 67 51 29
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 108 71.4 66.3 64.9 41.5 21.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 152.65 125.5 114.8 112.5 78.8 42.6
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 168 128 98 66 48 26
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 206 166 147 113.5 87 50
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 200 110 68.5 45.9 28.1 14.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 237.25 175.95 119 85.8 59.9 31.6
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 156 84.1 75.8 73.2 46.3 23.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 238.3 169.5 157 154 104 54.7
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 Mobile

Cheaper ($240 (1x MSRP) vs $1758)

Less power consumption (80 Watt vs 115 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

19.6% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 192 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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