GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	178
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.60
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GP104	N18E-G1 TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 October 2018 (5 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$150	$1250

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	1920
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	960 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	80-90 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	144.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR5X	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 October 2018	6 January 2019
Chip lithography	16 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	80 Watt

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