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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile | GeForce GTX 1060 3GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 31% | 10% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 37% | 0% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 39% | 3% |
| FIFA 21 | 65% | 45% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 3% | 54% |
| Far Cry 6 | 0% | 59% |
| Genshin Impact | 31% | 10% |
| Hitman 3 | 10% | 43% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 34% | 6% |
| Mafia: Definitive Edition | 1% | 57% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile are significantly better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
The GTX 1060 has a 366 MHz higher core clock speed than the RTX 2070, but the RTX 2070 has 88 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 1060. As a result, the RTX 2070 exhibits a 74 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 366 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 0.7 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 three years more recently than the GTX 1060, and so the RTX 2070 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the GTX 1060 when running the latest games.
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 Super Mobile has 2560 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1152. However, the actual shader performance of the RTX 2070 is 3533 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 1060 is 1969. The RTX 2070 having 1564 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 Super Mobile requires 115 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB requires 120 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 400 Watts for the GTX 1060, but we do not have a recommended PSU wattage for the RTX 2070. The GTX 1060 requires 5 Watts more than the RTX 2070 to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GTX 1060 to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the RTX 2070.
| Core Speed | 1140 MHz | vs |  | 1506 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1380 MHz | vs | | 1709 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing TU104 | Pascal P106-300-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | Poor |
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| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 10 Apr 2020 | | 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 | 9.5
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vs | 7.5
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| 3840x2160 | 7.3
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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 | 4 KB | |
vs | 0 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
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| Shader Processing Units | 2560 | | vs | 1152 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | 95% | |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 16nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 160 | | vs | 72 | |
| Texture Rate | 182.4 GTexel/s | | vs | 108.4 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 48 | |
| Pixel Rate | 73 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 | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
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| Max Power | 115 Watts | | vs | 120 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | 400 Watts & 27 Amps | |||
| DirectX | 12.2 | | vs | 12.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 6.5 | | vs | 5.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.6 | | vs | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | - | 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 Super Mobile card is a high-end RTX 20 Series graphics card for laptops and considered an enthusiast graphics card based on the Turing GPU architecture. Architecture It equips a Turing GPU Codenamed TU104 which is a First Gen Turing GPU and has 40 SM activated, offering 2560 Shader Processing Units, 160 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. It also has 320 Tensor Cores for AI purposes. GPU The TU106 GPU used in the GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobility is clocked lower than the desktop variant, leading to a slight reduction in game performance. The standard model has a base clock speed of 1605 MHz and a boost clock speed of 1770 MHz. Memory The GPU accesses an 8GB frame buffer of first-gen GDDR6 memory through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1750MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 80-115W the RTX 2070 Super Mobile is fairly power hungry and will significantly reduce laptop battery life at full load. System Suggestions GeForce GRTX 2070 Super Mobile is capable of resolutions all the way up to 4K (3840x2160) but is best suited for 1440p displays. 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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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | ||||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||