GeForce GTX 490 vs RTX 2060

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking131not rated
Place by popularity16not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation40.47no data
Power efficiency15.73no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameTU106GF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 January 2019 (5 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$349 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 cores1920480
Core clock speed1365 MHz608 MHz
Boost clock speed1680 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,800 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt365 Watt
Texture fill rate201.636.48
Floating-point processing power6.451 TFLOPS1.166 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs12060
Tensor Cores240no data
Ray Tracing Cores30no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm279 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz854 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s164.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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-C3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.52.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 365 Watt

RTX 2060 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 128.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 and GeForce GTX 490. We've got no test results to judge.


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