GeForce RTX 2060 vs GeForce GTX 970
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GeForce RTX 2060
188%
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GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060 |
88% higher gaming performance. |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2060
The GeForce RTX 2060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (29 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
GeForce RTX 2060 | GeForce GTX 970 | |||
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GPU Name | TU106 (TU106-200A-KA-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) | |
Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm | |
Die Size | 445 mm² | vs | 398 mm² | |
Transistors | 10,800 million | vs | 5,200 million | |
Shaders | 1920 | vs | 1664 | |
Compute Units | 30 | vs | 13 | |
Core clock | 1365 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz | |
ROPs | 48 | vs | 56 | |
TMUs | 120 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
GeForce RTX 2060 | GeForce GTX 970 | |||
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Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 | |
Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit | |
Memory Speed | 1750 MHz 14000 MHz effective |
vs | 1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective |
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Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
GeForce RTX 2060 | GeForce GTX 970 | |||
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TDP | 160 watts | vs | 148 watts | |
Release Date | 15 Jan 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
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GeForce RTX 2060
80. 64 GP/s
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GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels — higher is better
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GeForce RTX 2060
201.60 GT/s
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GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels — higher is better
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GeForce RTX 2060
336.00 GB/s
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GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s — higher is better
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GeForce RTX 2060
6451.00 GFLOPs
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GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs — higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
117
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GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
123
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GeForce GTX 970
75
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
103
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GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
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GeForce RTX 2060
123
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GeForce GTX 970
79
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
89
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GeForce GTX 970
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
93
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GeForce GTX 970
47
FPS (higher is better)
Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
86
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GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
131
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GeForce GTX 970
78
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10×64
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GeForce RTX 2060
115
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GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
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GeForce RTX 2060
106
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GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
82
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GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
76
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GeForce GTX 970
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
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GeForce RTX 2060
105
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GeForce GTX 970
55
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
57
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GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
65
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GeForce GTX 970
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
57
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GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
84
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GeForce GTX 970
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10×64
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GeForce RTX 2060
83
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GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
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GeForce RTX 2060
76
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GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
45
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GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
50
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GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
39
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GeForce GTX 970
18
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
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GeForce RTX 2060
56
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GeForce GTX 970
27
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
28
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GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
39
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GeForce GTX 970
19
FPS (higher is better)
Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
29
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GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
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GeForce RTX 2060
48
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GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10×64
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GeForce RTX 2060
45
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GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
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GeForce RTX 2060
41
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GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
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GeForce RTX 2060 | Radeon RX 6600 |
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GeForce RTX 2060 | Radeon RX 6600 XT |
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GeForce GTX 970 | GeForce GTX 1650 |
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GeForce GTX 970 | Radeon RX 570 |
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Radeon RX 6650 XT | GeForce RTX 2060 Super |
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GeForce RTX 2060 Super | Radeon RX 5700 |
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super
Comparison of the technical characteristics between the graphics cards, with Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 on one side and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super on the other side. The first is dedicated to the desktop sector, it has 1664 shading units, a maximum frequency of 1,2 GHz, its lithography is 28 nm. The second is used on the desktop segment, it includes 2176 shading units, a maximum frequency of 1,7 GHz, its lithography is 12 nm. The following table also compares the boost clock, the number of shading units (if indicated), of execution units, the amount of cache memory, the maximum memory capacity, the memory bus width, the release date, the number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in various benchmarks.
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Specifications:
Graphics card | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | ||||||
Market (main) | Desktop | Desktop | ||||||
Release date | Q3 2014 | Q3 2019 | ||||||
Model number | GM204-200-A1 | TU106-410-A1 | ||||||
GPU name | GM204 | TU106 | ||||||
Architecture | Maxwell 2. 0 | Turing | ||||||
Generation | GeForce 900 | GeForce 20 | ||||||
Lithography | 28 nm | 12 nm | ||||||
Transistors | 5.200.000.000 | 10.800.000.000 | ||||||
Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | ||||||
GPU base clock | 1,05 GHz | 1,47 GHz | ||||||
GPU boost clock | 1,18 GHz | 1,65 GHz | ||||||
Memory frequency | 1.753 MHz | 1.750 MHz | ||||||
Effective memory speed | 7 GB/s | 14 GB/s | ||||||
Memory size | 4 GB | 8 GB | ||||||
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 | ||||||
Memory bus | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | ||||||
Memory bandwidth | 224,4 GB/s | 448,0 GB/s | ||||||
TDP | 148 W | 175 W | ||||||
Suggested PSU | 500W ATX Power Supply | 550W ATX Power Supply | ||||||
Multicard technology | 4-way SLI | — | ||||||
Outputs |
1x DVI |
1x DVI |
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Maximum GPU Temperature | 98°C | 89°C | ||||||
Cores (compute units, SM, SMX) | 13 | 34 | ||||||
Shading units (cuda cores) | 1. 664 | 2.176 | ||||||
TMUs | 104 | 136 | ||||||
ROPs | 56 | 64 | ||||||
Cache memory | 2 MB | 4 MB | ||||||
Pixel fillrate | 66,0 GP/s | 105,6 GP/s | ||||||
Texture fillrate | 122,5 GT/s | 224,4 GT/s | ||||||
Performance FP32 (float) | 3,9 TFLOPS | 7,2 TFLOPS | ||||||
Performance FP64 (double) | 122,5 GFLOPS | 224,4 GFLOPS | ||||||
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Performances :
Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench 4.
FP32 Performance in GFLOPS | |
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super |
7.181 |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 |
3.920 |
The difference is 83%.
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average of the performances got with these graphics cards, you may get different results.
Single precision floating point format, also known as FP32, is a computer number format that typically occupies 32 bits in PC memory. This represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values that employs a floating point.
See also:
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M
Equivalence:
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD equivalentNvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super AMD equivalent
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