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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 14% to 21%, including 19% in 3DMark Time Spy (9,097 vs 7,640). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 generates 52.4 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070. Released 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060), 2018 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070). MSRP range: $349 · $499. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*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

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
vram gb 68
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 160175
cuda cores 19202304
rt cores —36
tensor cores —288
process nm 1212

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, Geeks3D, PCGamesN, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey, TopCPU, CpuTronic, PCBench, Wccftech, Legit Reviews and PassMark; 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.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 16,961 points19,283 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Geeks3D, PCGamesN, 3DMark, HardwareCooking, GPU-Monkey		 4,179 points5,069 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU		 1,423 points—
3DMark Speed Way Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 1,453 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, CpuTronic		 1,766 points2,094 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, PCBench, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck, Wccftech, Legit Reviews		 7,640 points9,097 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—
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 14,076 points16,063 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 14% to 21%, including 19% in 3DMark Time Spy (9,097 vs 7,640).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 generates 52.4 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 launched at a $349 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 at $499. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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