NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 — Benchmarks & Specs
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Bottom line: how fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060?
At 1440p Ultra, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 averages 63 fps in Baldur's Gate 3 with a 57 fps 1% low, per PCBench. For local LLM inference it generates 48.6 tokens/sec running mistral:7b at q4_K_M under ollama, per DatabaseMart. In 3DMark Fire Strike it scores 17,655 points, per 3DMark. Its 6 GB of VRAM is the binding constraint for local inference: the largest model on file at 4-bit quantization on this card is deepseek-r1:8b (8B parameters, q4_K_M), generating 7.5 tokens/sec under ollama, per DatabaseMart.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is a graphics card from the Turing family released in 2019 from NVIDIA. Key on-paper specs include 6 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, 336 GB/s of memory bandwidth, 160W TDP. It launched with a $349 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing — see the linked product cards below for current listings. Data on this page draws on 10 linked listings, 11 synthetic benchmark results (top 10 shown), 11 community AI inference reports, 47 game frame-rate results (top 15 shown), compiled from DatabaseMart, PCBench, Gamers Nexus, GPU101, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, CpuTronic, GPU Battle, HardwareCooking, KitGuru, PassMark, PCGamesN; each table row links to its source. Read this page when shopping the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, synthetic benchmark scores, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (reported FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 2018 | 1080p | Ultra | 120 fps | — | Gamers Nexus 2019-01-07 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | 1080p | Ultra | 105 fps | — | GPU101 2026-09-16 | |
| Battlefield V | 1080p | Ultra | 104 fps | 56 fps | Gamers Nexus 2019-01-07 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1080p | Highest | 100 fps | — | KitGuru 2026-06-10 | |
| Fortnite | 1080p | Epic | 95 fps | — | GPU101 2026-09-16 | |
| F1 2018 | 1440p | Ultra | 93 fps | — | Gamers Nexus 2019-01-07 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1440p | Very High | 92 fps | 50 fps | GPU Battle 2026-08-14 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 1080p | Ultra | 91 fps | 76 fps | PCBench 2021-01-01 | |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 1080p | Ultra | 91 fps | 80 fps | PCBench 2023-08-01 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 1080p | Ultra RT on DLSS Quality | 76 fps | 55 fps | PCBench 2021-01-01 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 1080p | Ultra RT DLSS RT on DLSS Quality | 76 fps | 55 fps | PCBench 2026-08-14 | |
| God of War | 1080p | Ultra | 74 fps | — | GPU101 2026-09-16 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1440p | Ultra | 73 fps | — | Gamers Nexus 2019-01-07 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Next Gen | 1080p | Ultra RT on | 72 fps | — | GPU101 2026-09-16 | |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 1440p | Ultra | 63 fps | 57 fps | PCBench 2023-08-01 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama3.2:3b | q4_K_M ollama | 50.4 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| mistral:7b | q4_K_M ollama | 48.6 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| deepseek-r1:1.5b | q4_K_M ollama | 43.1 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| qwen2.5:3b | q4_K_M ollama | 36.0 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| deepseek-coder:6.7b | q4_K_M ollama | 13.6 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| codellama:7b | q4_K_M ollama | 13.2 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| qwen2.5:7b | q4_K_M ollama | 9.0 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| deepseek-r1:7b | q4_K_M ollama | 8.8 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| deepseek-r1:8b | q4_K_M ollama | 7.5 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| llama3.1:8b | q4_K_M ollama | 7.4 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 | |
| gemma:7b | q4_K_M ollama | 3.7 tok/s | — | DatabaseMart 2025-01-01 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 17,655 points | 3DMark 2019-01-01 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 16,267 points | Notebookcheck 2019-02-01 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 14,076 points | PassMark 2026-09-15 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,878 points | Notebookcheck 2019-02-01 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,596 points | 3DMark 2019-09-12 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,379 points | PCBench 2023-10-01 | |
| 3DMark Port Royal | 4,339 points | HardwareCooking 2020-01-01 | |
| 3DMark Port Royal | 3,729 points | PCGamesN 2019-01-11 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 1,766 points | CpuTronic 2024-07-01 | |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 1,449 points | 3DMark 2023-12-15 |
Products Featuring the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Systems with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
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Full Specifications
| tdp w | 160 |
|---|---|
| vram gb | 6 |
| gpu chip | TU106 |
| vram type | GDDR6 |
| cuda cores | 1920 |
| process nm | 12 |
| base clock mhz | 1365 |
| boost clock mhz | 1680 |
| memory bus bits | 192 |
| memory bandwidth gbps | 336 |
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