NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 8GB
The RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition pairs 2176 CUDA cores with 8GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448 GB/s bandwidth and real-time ray tracing support. Its 1650 MHz boost clock and 160W TDP make it a balanced pick for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with G-SYNC and HDR compatibility adding display flexibility. Best for budget-conscious gamers upgrading from older GPUs who want solid 1080p performance and ray tracing without jumping to a higher-tier card.
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average connectivity (5th percentile)
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
- Below average compute (17th percentile)
- Below average raster (34th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Based on 13 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 2060 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Turing |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 12 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 192 |
| Bandwidth | 336 |
Compute
| Tensor Cores | 272 |
| RT Cores | 34 |
| Base Clock | 1365 |
| Boost Clock | 1680 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 14.36 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 7.181 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 15925 |
| GPU Compute | 6759 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 160 |
| Recommended PSU | 450 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.7 kg / 3.7 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 2060 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR6 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1680 | 2407 | 2805 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 160 | 575 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 192 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 42 | 36.9 | 37 | 34.1 | 16.5 | 34.5 | 6.6 | 39.9 | 60.4 | 5.4 | 78.4 | 49 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.1 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 85.8 | 24.6 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare | 85.2 | 95.2 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 71.7 | 57.8 | 94 | 88.8 | 15.9 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.1 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 88 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 80.2 | 72.9 | 94 | 88.8 | 21 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 99.4 | 57.8 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.1 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.2 | 91.7 | 83.9 | 95.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 85.8 | 52.6 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 17.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall31.7
- AI/LLM21.8
- Budget57.1
- Gaming 4k20.9
- Ray Tracing33
- Workstation25.2
- Gaming 1080p40.2
- Gaming 1440p35.9
- Content Creation22.5
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