Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2060 12 GB
2021
12 GB GDDR6, 184 Watt
41.36
+51.5%

RTX 2060 12 GB outperforms Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile by an impressive 52% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking99202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency15.4153.47
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU106AD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date7 December 2021 (3 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)

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 cores21762048
Core clock speed1470 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1650 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)184 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate224.4129.6
Floating-point processing power7.181 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs13664
Tensor Cores27264
Ray Tracing Cores3416

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s128.0 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, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA7.58.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.36 27.30
Recency 7 December 2021 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 184 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 2060 12 GB has a 51.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 425.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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