GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile vs GTX 1060 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking202not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation16.99no data
Power efficiency15.82no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP106TU106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 July 2016 (8 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 cores12802176
Core clock speed1506 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1530 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7208.1
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS6.659 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs80136
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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 3.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s448.0 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, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 July 2016 9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 175 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB has 45.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile is a notebook one.


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