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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 56% to 161%, including 89% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,354 vs 7,596). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti generates 102.1 tokens/s (per GPU Battle) 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 3070 Ti. Released 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060), 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti). MSRP range: $349 · $599. 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 3070 Ti
vram gb 68
vram type GDDR6GDDR6X
tdp w 160290
cuda cores 19206144
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 Digital Trends, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, Beebom, PCGamesN, HardwareCooking, TopCPU, HWBOT, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, PCBench 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 3070 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Digital Trends, 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 16,961 points26,516 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, PCGamesN, 3DMark, HardwareCooking		 4,034 points8,717 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark, TopCPU		 1,423 points3,710 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, HWBOT, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic		 1,766 points3,552 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —15,570 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, Digital Trends, 3DMark, PCBench, Notebookcheck		 7,596 points14,354 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Beebom		 —7,526 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —14,931 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —1,061 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 14,076 points23,253 pts

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 3070 Ti

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 56% to 161%, including 89% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,354 vs 7,596).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti generates 102.1 tokens/s (per GPU Battle) 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 3070 Ti cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 launched at a $349 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti at $599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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