NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

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GeForce RTX 2060 compared with GeForce RTX 5070
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5070
Overview
ReleasedJanuary 2019March 2025
Performance
Chip makerNVIDIANVIDIA
ArchitectureTuringBlackwell
Shader cores1,920 or 2,1766,144
Boost clock1,680 MHz or 1,650 MHz2,512 MHz
ArchitectureNVIDIA 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.GB205 GPU; 48 SMs
Manufacturing process–TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 31.1 billion transistors; 263 mm² die
Ray tracingFirst-generation RT Cores; NVIDIA's original launch specification lists 30 RT Cores and 5 Giga Rays/s for 6 GB48 fourth-generation RT Cores; 94 RT TFLOPS
AI coresSecond-generation Tensor Cores; 240 on the original 6 GB model according to NVIDIA's launch specification192 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 988 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generationNVIDIA DLSS 2.0 upscaling; no DLSS Frame GenerationDLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock1,365 MHz base and 1,680 MHz boost (6 GB); 1,470 MHz base and 1,650 MHz boost (12 GB)2.33 GHz
Cache–48 MB L2
Memory
Video memory6 GB GDDR6 or 12 GB GDDR612 GB GDDR7
Memory bus192-bit192-bit
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s672 GB/s (better)
Memory detail14 Gbps GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336 GB/s bandwidth on both revisionsGDDR7 at 28 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power160 W or 185 W250 W
InterfacePCIe 3.0PCIe 5.0
Display outputsOriginal 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.3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution7680 × 4320; original specification states 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz over DisplayPort with DSC4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector1 × PCIe 8-pin for both reference specifications1 × 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 2 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply500 W (6 GB); 550 W (12 GB); NVIDIA reference power specifications650 W
Slot width2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition); 12 GB partner cards vary2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)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.242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decodeSeventh-generation NVENC, fourth-generation NVDEC (NVIDIA comparison table); no hardware AV1 encode1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode

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