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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB | GeForce GTX 1060 3GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 38% | 10% |
| Hitman 3 | 19% | 43% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 43% | 0% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 38% | 10% |
| FIFA 21 | 69% | 45% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 13% | 54% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 45% | 3% |
| The Medium | 23% | 37% |
| Genshin Impact | 38% | 10% |
| Far Cry 6 | 10% | 59% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB are significantly better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
The GTX 1060 has a 96 MHz higher core clock speed than the RTX 2070, but the RTX 2070 has 72 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 1060. As a result, the RTX 2070 exhibits a 94.6 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 1060. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 1060 has a 96 MHz higher core clock speed than the RTX 2070, but the RTX 2070 has 16 more Render Output Units than the GTX 1060. As a result, the RTX 2070 exhibits a 17.9 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 1060. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RTX 2070 was released over a year more recently than the GTX 1060, and so the RTX 2070 is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GTX 1060.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The RTX 2070 has 5120 MB more video memory than the GTX 1060, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the RTX 2070 also has superior memory performance overall.
The RTX 2070 has 255.8 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 1060, which means that the memory performance of the RTX 2070 is massively better than the GTX 1060.
The GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB has 2304 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1152. However, the actual shader performance of the RTX 2070 is 4216 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 1060 is 1969. The RTX 2070 having 2247 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RTX 2070 delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 1060.
The RTX 2070 transistor size technology is 4 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 1060. This means that the RTX 2070 is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 1060.
The GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB requires 225 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB requires 120 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 550 Watts for the RTX 2070 and a PSU with at least 400 Watts for the GTX 1060. The RTX 2070 requires 105 Watts more than the GTX 1060 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RTX 2070 may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 1060.
| Core Speed | 1410 MHz | vs |  | 1506 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1830 MHz | | vs | 1709 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing TU106 | Pascal P106-300-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 17 Oct 2018 |  | vs | 18 Aug 2016 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 9.9
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vs | 7.5
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| 3840x2160 | 7.7
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vs | 5.6
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | 3072 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | vs | | 2002 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | | vs | 192 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/sec | | vs | 192.2GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | |
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0 KB |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2304 | | vs | 1152 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | 95% | |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 16nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 144 | | vs | 72 | |
| Texture Rate | 203 GTexel/s | | vs | 108.4 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 48 | |
| Pixel Rate | 90.2 GPixel/s | | vs | 72.3 GPixel/s | |
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| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | | 7680x4320 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 225 Watts | vs | | 120 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 550 Watts | vs | | 400 Watts & 27 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | | 12.1 |
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| Shader Model | 6.1 | | vs | 5.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.6 | | vs | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-9700KF 8-Core 3.6GHz | vs | | Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 1920x1080 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview The GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB is a High-End Graphics Card based on the 12nm Turing Architecture and is considered a great 1440p video card. This is a dual-slot graphics card with a dual-fan thermal design using TORX 3.0 fans for improved airflow and optimised heat dissipation. This video card uses Zero Frozr to eliminate fan noise in low-load situations, and also has RGB Mystic Light lighting, and anti-bending backplate. This video card has great overclocking potential. Architecture It equips a cut-down Turing GPU Codenamed TU106, more specifically the TU106-400A-A1 variant which means factory overclocks are permitted. This is a First Gen Turing GPU and has 16 SM activated, offering 2304 CUDA Shader Processing Units, 144 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing (RTX) technology. It is equipped with 288 Tensor Cores for AI purposes and 32 RT Cores for ray-tracing. GPU The central unit runs at 1410 MHz and goes up to 1830 MHz in Boost Mode, providing a large 13% overclock when compared to the reference model. Memory The GPU accesses an 8GB frame buffer of Second Gen GDDR6 through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Total memory bandwidth is 448GB/s. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 225W, it requires at least a 550W PSU with one available 8-pin and one 6-pin power connector. Performance The GeForce RTX 2070 offers performance in between the GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, albeit also boasting ray-tracing and DLSS support. System Suggestions The GeForce RTX 2070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a high-end processor and 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | Overview GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is currently the entry level Nvidia GTX 1000 performance graphics card, based on the Pascal Architecture. It comes with locked memory of 3GB instead of the full 6GB. Architecture It equips a GPU Codenamed P106-300-A1 which is a first gen Pascal GPU and has 9 SM activated, offering 1152 Shader Processing Units (the GTX 1060 6GB version offers 1280 SPU), 72 TMUs and 48 ROPs. GPU The central unit runs at 1506MHz and goes up to 1708MHz, when Boost mode is activated. Memory The GPU accesses a 3GB frame buffer of GDDR5, through a 192-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 2002MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 120W, it requires at least a 400W PSU with one available 6-pin connector. Performance The Geforce GTX 1060 3GB is capable of playing most modern game system requirements at high graphics settings. The 3GB version is normally around 5% worse than the GTX 1060 6GB full fat version in terms of sheer processing power. But its the 3GB memory reduction that will hamper the high quality game textures this card can deliver, making it less future proof as more GPU memory hungry games are released. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | ||||
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