GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Architecture

Pascal (2016−2021)

Turing (2018−2021)

GPU code name

GP104

N18E-G2 MAX-Q TU106

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

October 2018

January 2019

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1709 MHz

1185-1305 MHz

Core clock speed

1506 MHz

885-1080 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

16 nm

12 nm

Number of transistors

7,200 million

10,800 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1280

2304

Power consumption (TDP)

120 Watt

80-90 Watt

Texture fill rate

136.7

170.6

Memory type

GDDR5X

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

6 GB

8 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

256 Bit

Memory clock speed

8008 MHz

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

192.2 GB/s

384.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

No outputs

HDMI

G-SYNC support

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12 Ultimate (12_1)

CUDA

6.1

7.5

OpenCL

1.2

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.4

6.5

Vulkan

1.2.131

VR Ready