GeForce RTX 2060 vs 9300M G

Place in the ranking	1377	131
Place by popularity	not in top-100	16
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	40.49
Power efficiency	1.16	15.72
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	G86	TU106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 February 2008 (16 years ago)	7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	16	1920
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1680 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	160 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	201.6
Floating-point processing power	0.0256 TFLOPS	6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	8	120
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	1.1	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9300M G 0.22

RTX 2060 36.70
+16582%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9300M G 84

RTX 2060 14145
+16739%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	0−1	119
1440p	-0−1	77
4K	-0−1	47

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.93
1440p	no data	4.53
4K	no data	7.43

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−3050%

60−65
+3050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2967%	92 +2967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −5200%	106 +5200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3050%	60−65 +3050%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2350%	98 +2350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −3000%	248 +3000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −4675%	191 +4675%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −807%	254 +807%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4267%	131 +4267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4700%	96 +4700%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3050%	60−65 +3050%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2300%	96 +2300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2988%	247 +2988%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −3200%	130−140 +3200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −744%	75−80 +744%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −771%	244 +771%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1767%	56 +1767%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3450%	71 +3450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3050%	60−65 +3050%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1925%	81 +1925%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1400%	120 +1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −3200%	130−140 +3200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −711%	73 +711%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −60.7%	45 +60.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	27−30
Hitman 3	6−7 −800%	54 +800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −4350%	89 +4350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3600%

74
+3600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1800%

38
+1800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 +0%	79 +0%
Battlefield 5	157 +0%	157 +0%
Far Cry 5	114 +0%	114 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	128 +0%	128 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	205 +0%	205 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	109 +0%	109 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64 +0%	64 +0%
Battlefield 5	140 +0%	140 +0%
Far Cry 5	91 +0%	91 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	95 +0%	95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	194 +0%	194 +0%
Metro Exodus	140 +0%	140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	103 +0%	103 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55 +0%	55 +0%
Far Cry 5	70 +0%	70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	105 +0%	105 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +0%	42 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	51 +0%	51 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Metro Exodus	76 +0%	76 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	236 +0%	236 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	37 +0%	37 +0%
Hitman 3	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	104 +0%	104 +0%
Metro Exodus	52 +0%	52 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +0%	51 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	28 +0%	28 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	25 +0%	25 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	59 +0%	59 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	17 +0%	17 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 is 5200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2060 is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.22	36.70
Recency	1 February 2008	7 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	160 Watt

9300M G has 1130.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060, on the other hand, has a 16581.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9300M G in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9300M G is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2060 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.