GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs GT 220

Place in the ranking	1212	185
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.67	18.12
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GT216	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data

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	48	1920
Core clock speed	625 MHz	960 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	115 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	9.840	144.0
Floating-point processing power	0.1277 TFLOPS	4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	48
TMUs	16	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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data

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	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.3 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	VGADVIHDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF + HDA	no data

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_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	3.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

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	21 −395%	104 +395%
1440p	1−2 −6600%	67 +6600%
4K	0−1	38

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.81	no data
1440p	79.99	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−1533%

45−50
+1533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −2175%	91 +2175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2833%	88 +2833%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1533%	45−50 +1533%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −10900%	110 +10900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1560%	83 +1560%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −1927%	223 +1927%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −2367%	148 +2367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −657%	227 +657%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −2575%	107 +2575%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2533%	79 +2533%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1533%	45−50 +1533%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −8100%	82 +8100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1400%	75 +1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −1682%	196 +1682%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1950%	123 +1950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −520%	60−65 +520%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −533%	190 +533%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1150%	50 +1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1833%	58 +1833%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1533%	45−50 +1533%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1220%	66 +1220%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −755%	94 +755%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1683%	107 +1683%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −500%	60 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −26.7%	38 +26.7%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−5300%

54
+5300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	40
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4100%	42 +4100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −667%	46 +667%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −2233%	70 +2233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −20900%	210 +20900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1967%

62
+1967%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2400%	25 +2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	22

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1400%

30
+1400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	71 +0%	71 +0%
Battlefield 5	119 +0%	119 +0%
Far Cry 5	105 +0%	105 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	366 +0%	366 +0%
Metro Exodus	130 +0%	130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 +0%	100 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56 +0%	56 +0%
Battlefield 5	105 +0%	105 +0%
Far Cry 5	85 +0%	85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	280 +0%	280 +0%
Metro Exodus	112 +0%	112 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75 +0%	75 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Far Cry 5	62 +0%	62 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	88 +0%	88 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +0%	38 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	42 +0%	42 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	246 +0%	246 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	32 +0%	32 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30 +0%	30 +0%
Hitman 3	28 +0%	28 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	86 +0%	86 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +0%	39 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 +0%	20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	15 +0%	15 +0%

This is how GT 220 and RTX 2060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is 395% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 6600% faster in 1440p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2060 Mobile is 20900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is ahead in 35 tests (50%)
there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.57	30.41
Recency	12 October 2009	29 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	115 Watt

GT 220 has 98.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 5235.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 220 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 220 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is a notebook one.

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