GeForce GTX 1070 Vs RTX 2060 [in 13 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	186	170
Place by popularity	35	19
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	20.66	30.52
Power efficiency	16.54	16.20
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GP104	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 June 2016 (9 years ago)	7 January 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

RTX 2060 has 48% better value for money than GTX 1070.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1920	1920
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	1680 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	160 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	202.0	201.6
Floating-point processing power	6.463 TFLOPS	6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	120	120
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30
L1 Cache	720 KB	1.9 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	3 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	+
Ansel	+	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5
DLSS	-	+