RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking90not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation24.30no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameTU106no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 December 2021 (2 years ago)27 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Current price$530 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores21762048
Boost clock speed1650 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)184 Watt60 Watt (35 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate224.4no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and RTX 500 Ada Generation 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed14 GB/s12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3no data
CUDA7.5no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 December 2021 27 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 184 Watt 60 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
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Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
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