GeForce GTX 1070 VS GeForce RTX 2060
We are comparing the GeForce GTX 1070 ( NVIDIA ) head-to-head with the GeForce RTX 2060 ( NVIDIA ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Note: This comparison of GeForce GTX 1070 vs. GeForce RTX 2060 is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.
Last Updated: August 20, 2026
KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce GTX 1070 AND GeForce RTX 2060
Here’s how GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce RTX 2060 stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1070
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12% higher PassMark GPU Compute score (6118 vs 5448)
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33% more VRAM (8GB vs 6GB)
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33% higher Memory Bus Width (256 Bit vs 192 Bit)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 2060
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29% higher 4K Ultra FPS (27 vs 21)
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25% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (50 vs 40)
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23% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (70 vs 57)
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24% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (7566 vs 6091)
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223% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (4134 vs 1281)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce GTX 1070 AND GeForce RTX 2060
Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce RTX 2060.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 2060 |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce RTX 2060 |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | GP104 | TU106 |
| Vendor: | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | Pascal | Turing |
| Generation: | GeForce 10 | GeForce 20 |
| Release Date: | June 10, 2016 | January 7, 2019 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | 16 | 16 |
| Process Size: | 16 nm | 12 nm |
| Transistors: | 7.2 billion | 10.8 billion |
| Density: | 22.9 MTr/mm² | 24.3 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 314 mm² | 445 mm² |
| Board Length: | 267 mm | 229 mm |
| Board Width: | 40 mm | 35 mm |
| Board Height: | 112 mm | 113 mm |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 150 W | 160 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 15 | 30 |
| Shading Units: | 1920 | 1920 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 120 | 120 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 64 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores: | — | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | — | 30 |
| Base Clock: | 1506 MHz | 1365 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 1683 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | 48 KB (per SM) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| L2 Cache: | 2 MB | 3 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 107.7 GPixel/s | 80.64 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 202.0 GTexel/s | 201.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 6.463 TFLOPs | 6.451 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 2002 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 8000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 256.3 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan: | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA: | 6.1 | 7.5 |
| Ray Tracing: | 0 | 1 |
| DLSS: | 0 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort: | 1.4a | 1.4a |
| HDMI: | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 57 | 70 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 40 | 50 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 21 | 27 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 5853 | 7376 |
| Time Spy | 6091 | 7566 |
| Solar Bay | 16002 | 34140 |
| Port Royal | 1281 | 4134 |
| Fire Strike | 18706 | 19772 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 12190 | 15547 |
| Night Raid | 72412 | 85057 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 53429 | 78934 |
| Background Blur | 142.3 img/sec | 144.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 65.1 img/sec | 75.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.2 Gpixels/sec | 3.08 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.23 Gpixels/sec | 4.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.74 Gpixels/sec | 4.21 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.3 Gpixels/sec | 0.93 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 195.6 Gpixels/sec | 354.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 5161.6 | 8559.4 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 13508 | 14098 |
| G2D Mark | 847 | 744 |
| DirectX 11 | 100 | 111 |
| DirectX 12 | 48 | 53 |
| GPU Compute | 6118 | 5448 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 78.00 | 89.80 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 423.40 | 477.60 |
| Car Chase | 391.10 | 423.00 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 360.00 | 370.80 |
| T-Rex | 1942.30 | 1884.90 |
| Tessellation | 2186.00 | 2405.10 |
| ALU 2 | 5965.80 | 2192.30 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 271.60 | 281.30 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 565 | 1644 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 8330 | 12466 |
| Half Precision | 8293 | 21712 |
| Quantized | 6176 | 8757 |
| Image Classification | 2295 | 5453 |
| Image Segmentation | 4955 | 12449 |
| Image Super Resolution | 10587 | 11020 |
| Face Detection | 8747 | 24511 |
| Pose Estimation | 51263 | 47746 |
| Text Classification | 1461 | 2000 |
| Machine Translation | 2342 | 3360 |
| Object Detection | 2960 | 6343 |
| Depth Estimation | 15275 | 20909 |
| Style Transfer | 104907 | 101870 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 6729 | 6065 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 4290 | 3827 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 2016 | 1856 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 6480 | 6225 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 4758 | 4155 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 1564 | 2051 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce GTX 1070 AND GeForce RTX 2060
The charts below visualize how GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce RTX 2060 stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce RTX 2060
GeForce GTX 1070 was released 2 years, 6 months, 28 days earlier than GeForce RTX 2060.
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Domain Score Summary
Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.
Our Verdict
In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 2060 is clearly better overall compared to the GeForce GTX 1070. It comes out ahead across every comparable key area.
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