EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Pascal Architecture Turing
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
1152 Shader 1920
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.620 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.847 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.68 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

120 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 300 mm
111 mm Height 132 mm
-- Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

03G-P4-6168-KR Part-no ROG-STRIX-RTX2060-6G-GAMING
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2019
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 12 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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
47 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)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW GAMING 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
70 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
120 fps (avg)

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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