GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB vs RTX 2060 12 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking97not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency15.58no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU106GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 December 2021 (2 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores21766144
Core clock speed1470 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed1650 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)184 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rate224.4339.8
Floating-point processing power7.181 TFLOPS21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs136192
Tensor Cores272192
Ray Tracing Cores3448

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 12-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s608.3 GB/s

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
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 184 Watt 290 Watt

RTX 2060 12 GB has 57.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB
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