NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2060 sales 6 January 2019 at a recommended price of $349 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 6 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 229 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 175 Watt.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 36.53% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 2060: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	122
Place by popularity	23
Value for money	21.02
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Turing TU106
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Current price	$397 (1.1x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce RTX 2060's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 2060's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1920	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1620 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	10,800 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	201.6	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 2060 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2060: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2060. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+
G-SYNC support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2060. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

API support

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2060, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2060. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

RTX 2060 36.53

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 2060 14150

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 2060 60454

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 2060 27163

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 2060 19338

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 2060 107083

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 2060 70649

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 2060 424149

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 2060 66970

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

RTX 2060 77840

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2060 101

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2060 127

SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

This part of SPECviewperf 12 benchmark emulates work with 3DS Max, executing eleven tests in various use scenarios, including architectural modeling and animation for computer games.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

RTX 2060 184

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 2060 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	121
1440p	76
4K	50

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	92
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79
Battlefield 5	145
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	135
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65
Far Cry 5	103
Far Cry New Dawn	101
Forza Horizon 4	140
Hitman 3	110−120
Horizon Zero Dawn	101
Red Dead Redemption 2	102
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	107
Watch Dogs: Legion	101

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	78
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64
Battlefield 5	129
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	118
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65
Far Cry 5	99
Far Cry New Dawn	97
Forza Horizon 4	131
Hitman 3	110−120
Horizon Zero Dawn	78
Metro Exodus	67
Red Dead Redemption 2	56
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	96
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	136
Watch Dogs: Legion	87

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	56
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55
Battlefield 5	119
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65
Far Cry 5	94
Far Cry New Dawn	88
Forza Horizon 4	105
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	73
Watch Dogs: Legion	45

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	76
Hitman 3	65−70
Horizon Zero Dawn	52
Metro Exodus	42
Red Dead Redemption 2	35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42
Battlefield 5	75−80
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	65−70
Far Cry New Dawn	76
Forza Horizon 4	75−80
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	30

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	43
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	15
Metro Exodus	26
Red Dead Redemption 2	24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	28
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24
Battlefield 5	53
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	41
Far Cry New Dawn	42
Forza Horizon 4	59
Watch Dogs: Legion	17

Relative perfomance

GeForce RTX 2060's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 103.78

Radeon RX 5700 102.46

Radeon RX Vega 64 101.75

GeForce RTX 2060 100

GeForce GTX 980 Ti 97.62

RTX A2000 97.32

RTX A2000 12 GB 96.96

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 2060 is Radeon RX Vega 64, which is faster by 2% and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.