NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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GeForce GTX 1070 compared with GeForce RTX 2060

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1070	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060
Overview
Released
Released	June 2016	January 2019
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,920	1,920 or 2,176
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,683 MHz	1,680 MHz or 1,650 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	Main figures and photo describe the Founders Edition, verified in MSI's retained datasheet. Partner boards can use different clocks, coolers and connectors.	NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows PNY's stock-clock 6 GB Blower partner card, whose cooler, dimensions and display connectors differ from the Founders Edition. The later 12 GB card has 2,176 CUDA cores rather than 1,920.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	First-generation RT Cores; NVIDIA's original launch specification lists 30 RT Cores and 5 Giga Rays/s for 6 GB
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores; 240 on the original 6 GB model according to NVIDIA's launch specification
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1506 MHz	1,365 MHz base and 1,680 MHz boost (6 GB); 1,470 MHz base and 1,650 MHz boost (12 GB)
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR5	6 GB GDDR6 or 12 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit (better)	192-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	336 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	8008 MHz effective memory speed (MSI Founders Edition); numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker source used does not publish it.	14 Gbps GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336 GB/s bandwidth on both revisions
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	150 W	160 W or 185 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × dual-link DVI-D; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2	Original 6 GB NVIDIA page lists DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.0b, USB-C/VirtualLink and DVI-DL. The 12 GB regional table lists DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI-DL without USB-C; the current combined comparison table also omits USB-C. Up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. Partner connectors vary.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320	7680 × 4320; original specification states 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz over DisplayPort with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	1 × PCIe 8-pin for both reference specifications
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	500 W	500 W (6 GB); 550 W (12 GB); NVIDIA reference power specifications
Slot width
Slot width	–	2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition); 12 GB partner cards vary
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	268 × 111 × 38 mm and 1096 g (MSI Founders Edition)	228.60 × 112.6 mm, 2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition). NVIDIA's regional table repeats these dimensions for 12 GB, but no separate 12 GB Founders Edition design was verified.
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	Seventh-generation NVENC, fourth-generation NVDEC (NVIDIA comparison table); no hardware AV1 encode