Quadro RTX 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Quadro RTX 4000 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 88% to 158%, including 88% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,340 vs 7,640). On llama3.1:8b, the Quadro RTX 4000 generates 53.5 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Quadro RTX 4000 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Released 2018 (Quadro RTX 4000), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060). Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Quadro RTX 4000 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 8 | 6 |
| vram type | — | GDDR6 |
| tdp w | 160 | 160 |
| cuda cores | 2304 | 1920 |
| process nm | — | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from 3DMark, Notebookcheck, PCGamesN, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey, TopCPU, CpuTronic, PCBench, Legit Reviews and Geekbench Browser; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | Quadro RTX 4000 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck |
— | 16,961 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: PCGamesN, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey |
— | 4,179 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, TopCPU |
3,666 points | 1,423 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way Graphics (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey |
— | 1,453 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: CpuTronic |
— | 1,766 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (Graphics score) (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
1,847 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: TopCPU, 3DMark, PCBench, Notebookcheck, Legit Reviews |
14,340 points | 7,640 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: TopCPU |
6,708 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme Graphics (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey |
— | 3,433 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey |
— | 7,482 points |
| Blender GPU Cycles (higher is better) Source: CpuTronic |
5,293 points | — |
| Geekbench 5 OpenCL (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser |
144,947 points | — |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
Quadro RTX 4000
- llama3.2:1b: 189.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- llama2:7b: 65.6 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))
- llama2:7b: 61.8 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions #15013)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
- llama3.2:3b: 50.4 tok/s (DatabaseMart)
- mistral:7b: 48.6 tok/s (DatabaseMart)
- deepseek-r1:1.5b: 43.1 tok/s (DatabaseMart)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Quadro RTX 4000 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060?
The Quadro RTX 4000 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 88% to 158%, including 88% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,340 vs 7,640).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On llama3.1:8b, the Quadro RTX 4000 generates 53.5 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.
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