Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 2060 TU104

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data53.47
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU104AD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date10 January 2020 (4 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

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 cores19202048
Core clock speed1365 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1680 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate201.6129.6
Floating-point processing power6.451 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs12064
Tensor Cores24064
Ray Tracing Cores3016

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 amount6 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_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2020 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 2060 TU104 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 357.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 TU104 and RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 TU104 is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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