ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.62 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 30 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TU106 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
30 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1920 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 112
30 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition has a turbo clock of 1.725 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is 1.777 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
1.70 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 88 °C.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

160 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 39 dB

Connectivity

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

270 mm Length 170 mm
111 mm Height 125 mm
58 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition was released in Q1/2019.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

DUAL-RTX2060-A6G-EVO Part-no NE63060019K9-190AE
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2021
349 $ (Reference) Launch Price 369 $
12 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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