GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh vs GTX 780

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking260not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.76no data
Power efficiency6.09no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK110TU106B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)29 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 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 cores23041920
CUDA cores2304no data
Core clock speed863 MHz1005 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature95 °Cno data
Texture fill rate173.2187.2
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPS5.99 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs192120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Minimum recommended system power600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s264.0 GB/s

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
PhysX+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 May 2013 29 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 65 Watt

RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 284.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 and GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh is a notebook one.


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