GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh sales 29 January 2019. 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 10.82 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 259.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 115 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2021) | |
| GPU code name | TU106B | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 29 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Technical specs
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh'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) |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 10,800 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 144.0 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh 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 | |
| Width | MXM Module | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh: 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 | 10824 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 259.8 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh. 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 | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | |
| CUDA | 7.5 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh is Radeon RX 5300.
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Recommended processors
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