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GeForce RTX 2060

4 · 1,198 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
6 GB
CUDA
1,920
FP32
6.451 TF
Bandwidth
336 GB/s
TDP
160W
Boost
1680 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute6.451 TFLOPS6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s19%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity6 GB19%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units1,9209%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency13/10022%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy12,240pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)6,300pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,768spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute84,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming34
Ray tracing35
AI / Compute35
Creator / 3D34
Power efficiency13
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 43 fps
1080p
76
1440p
37
4K
16
Counter-Strike 2avg 102 fps
1080p
189
1440p
81
4K
37
Fortniteavg 91 fps
1080p
150
1440p
85
4K
37
Battlefield 5avg 85 fps
1080p
115
1440p
90
4K
51
Far Cry 5avg 71 fps
1080p
91
1440p
81
4K
40
Valorantavg 198 fps
1080p
157
1440p
234
4K
202

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
113fps
1440p
81fps
4K
47fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($349) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$3.10
1440p
$4.83
4K
$6.57
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

People say it's a great 1080p card that handles modern games fine. The usual gripe is the limited 6GB VRAM is already feeling tight in newer titles.

Pros
  • Great for 1080p ray tracing
  • Runs cool even under load
  • Handles modern games at high
  • Sips power for its speed
Cons
  • VRAM size is getting tight already
  • Power draw is higher than newer cards
  • No real ray tracing at playable framerates

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Turing
Process node
12 nm
Transistors
10.8 B
SM Count
15
Release date
2019
Launch price
$349
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
1,920
RT Cores
30
Tensor Cores
240
TMUs
120
ROPs
48
L2 cache
3 MB
Memory
Size
6 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
192-bit
Bandwidth
336 GB/s
Memory clock
1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1365 MHz
Boost clock
1680 MHz
FP32 (float)
6.451 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
6.451 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
81 GPixel/s
Texture rate
201.6 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
160W
Suggested PSU
300W
Power connectors
1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
229 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API and SDK support

DirectX
12
Shader Model
6.5
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
1.2.131
CUDA
7.5
Verdict

Our verdict on the RTX 2060

The RTX 2060 is a mid-range Turing card that brought ray tracing to the masses but aged poorly on VRAM.

Get it if you need a decent 1080p card for older games on a strict budget. Skip it if you want to play modern titles or anything above 1080p, as it's showing its age.

Buy it if…

  • You want to play modern games at high settings in 1080p.
  • You need a budget-friendly card for solid ray tracing performance.
  • You are upgrading from a much older card like a GTX 970.
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