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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
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NVIDIA · GeForce

GeForce RTX 2060

Released January 2019

A 2019 Turing graphics card that brought hardware ray tracing to the midrange, originally with 6 GB of GDDR6 and later with a 12 GB revision.

Memory
6 GB or 12 GB
Shaders
1,920 or 2,176
Boost clock
1,680 MHz or 1,650 MHz
Bandwidth
336 GB/s
Power
160 W or 185 W

What reviewers say

Reviewers praise the original 6 GB card's strong 1080p and usable 1440p performance, broadly matching the GTX 1070 Ti. Both criticise its higher price than the GTX 1060 and the larger performance cost of ray tracing at higher resolutions. These launch reviews do not assess the later 12 GB revision.

From pcgamer.com and global.techradar.com

Specifications

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Performance

Chip maker
NVIDIA
Architecture
Turing
Shader cores
1,920 or 2,176
Boost clock
1,680 MHz or 1,650 MHz
Architecture
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
First-generation RT Cores; NVIDIA's original launch specification lists 30 RT Cores and 5 Giga Rays/s for 6 GB
AI cores
Second-generation Tensor Cores; 240 on the original 6 GB model according to NVIDIA's launch specification
Upscaling and frame generation
NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
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
6 GB GDDR6 or 12 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
192-bit
Memory bandwidth
336 GB/s
Memory detail
14 Gbps GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336 GB/s bandwidth on both revisions

Connections and power

Board power
160 W or 185 W
Interface
PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
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
7680 × 4320; original specification states 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz over DisplayPort with DSC
Power connector
1 × PCIe 8-pin for both reference specifications
Recommended power supply
500 W (6 GB); 550 W (12 GB); NVIDIA reference power specifications
Slot width
2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition); 12 GB partner cards vary
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.
Video encode and decode
Seventh-generation NVENC, fourth-generation NVDEC (NVIDIA comparison table); no hardware AV1 encode

Versions

VersionMemoryShadersBoost clockMemory busBandwidthBoard power
6 GB GDDR66 GB GDDR61,9201,680 MHz192-bit336 GB/s160 W
12 GB GDDR612 GB GDDR62,1761,650 MHz192-bit336 GB/s185 W

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Hardware ray tracing and DLSS upscaling
  • 336 GB/s memory bandwidth
  • Later 12 GB revision adds memory capacity and CUDA cores

Cons

  • Original card has 6 GB of video memory
  • No DLSS Frame Generation or hardware AV1 encoding
  • Later 12 GB card increases graphics power from 160 W to 185 W

Closest rivals

Model
MemoryShadersBoost clockBandwidthPowerReleased
AMDRadeon RX 5700
8 GB2,3041,725 MHz448 GB/s180 WJul 2019
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8 GB2,1761,650 MHz448 GB/s175 WJul 2019
AMDRadeon RX 5700 XT
8 GB2,5601,905 MHz or 1,980 MHz448 GB/s or –225 W or –Jul 2019

Sources

  1. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2060
  2. nvidia.com/tr-tr/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2060
  3. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/compare
  4. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060
  5. pny.com/pny-geforce-rtx-2060-6gb-blower

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