GeForce RTX 2060 and GeForce GTX 490 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 2060
GeForce GTX 490
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Turing TU106
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2019
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1620 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
608 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
10,800 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
480
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
365 Watt
Texture fill rate
201.6
36.48
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
3.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
164.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12
12 (11_0)
CUDA
7.5
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
VR Ready
+
-