MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 2060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The GALAX 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G has the GP104-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GP104-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Pascal Architecture Turing
199 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
2432 Shader 1920
64 Render Output Units 48
152 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

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

8 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
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.680 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

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

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 has 2 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G.

The GALAX 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 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX 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 No LED lighting

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
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

269 mm Length 281 mm
111 mm Height 124 mm
35 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
824 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q4/2017.

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

-- Part-no 26NRL7MPX3BW
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2019
449 $ (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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 GALAX GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
1453

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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 GALAX GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 GALAX GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 GALAX GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
46 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G
8 GB GDDR5
38 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 GALAX GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G
8 GB GDDR5
85 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 GALAX GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G
8 GB GDDR5
111 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2060 GALAX GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
118 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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