GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs RTX 2060

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking127not rated
Place by popularity20not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation41.03no data
Power efficiency15.87no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU106AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 January 2019 (5 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 $599

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 cores19205888
Core clock speed1365 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1680 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate201.6455.4
Floating-point processing power6.451 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs120184
Tensor Cores240184
Ray Tracing Cores3046

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 4.0 x16
Length229 mm240 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s480.0 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-C1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2019 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 2060 has 25% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.


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