GeForce RTX 2060 vs GTX 1070 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
TU106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB with 30 pipelines and 1920 shaders against the 1 year and 3 months older GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB that utilizes 19 pipelines and 2432 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 2060
- Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
- Shows 11% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 50 vs 45 FPS
- Ray-tracing support with 30 dedicated RT cores
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Achieves 37% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (78K vs 57K)
- Has 31% higher memory bandwidth: 336 vs 256.3 GB/s
- Features 240 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
- 26% higher maximum theoretical performance (8.2 vs 6.5 TFLOPS)
- Includes 2 GB more video memory
- Has 27% more shading units (2432 vs 1920)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 99 62 49 35 |
97 56 45 29 |
| The Witcher 3 | 107 86 62 34 |
95 77 53 27 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 157 117 82 41 |
149 104 78 37 |
| Far Cry 6 | 84 74 57 29 |
78 70 52 25 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 59 47 33 15 |
54 42 31 16 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 69 59 44 30 |
63 52 37 23 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 53 42 30 18 |
49 37 26 13 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 58 52 32 13 |
51 48 26 12 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 92 85 58 33 |
87 77 53 28 |
| 1080p High | 86 | 80 |
| 1080p Ultra | 69 | 63 |
| 1440p Ultra | 50 | 45 |
| 4K Ultra | 28 | 23 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 7564 | 6842 |
| Solar Bay | 34157 | 18306 |
| Port Royal | 4133 | 1554 |
| Fire Strike | 19777 | 20113 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 15551 | 13255 |
| Night Raid | 85132 | 78888 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 144.4 img/sec | 149.2 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 75.2 img/sec | 67.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.08 Gpixels/sec | 2.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 4.25 Gpixels/sec | 3.57 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.21 Gpixels/sec | 4.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.93 Gpixels/sec | 0.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 354.4 Gpixels/sec | 209.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 8559.4 FPS | 6584.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 743 | 876 |
| DirectX 11 | 112 FPS | 106 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 53 FPS | 52 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 5427 Ops/s | 7166 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 2060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-15 (MrRayeen) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 82889 |
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 5453 | 3473 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 12449 | 5149 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 11020 | 9722 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 24511 | 9306 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 47746 | 34870 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2000 | 2139 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3360 | 2424 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 6343 | 4566 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 20909 | 14316 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 101870 | 88984 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 2060 and GTX 1070 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 15, 2019 | November 2, 2017 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Turing | Pascal |
| GPU Codename | TU106 | GP104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 5600 XT | - Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 9600K or above | - Intel Core i7 7700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (69th and 74th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1365 MHz | 1607 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1680 MHz | 1683 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1920 | 2432 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 120 | 152 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 30 | 19 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 30 | No |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | 48KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 81 GPixel/s | 108 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 202 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 160 W | 180 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 12 nm | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 445 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 10 billion | 7 billion |
| Transistor Density | 22.47 MTr/mm² | 22.29 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | 8000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 6.1 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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