MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME
vs
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) 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 970 GAMING 100ME has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME GPU ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
1664 Shader 1920
56 Render Output Units 48
104 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 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.

1.140 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.279 GHz Boost Clock 1.680 GHz
1.25 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

145 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 970 GAMING 100ME.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No 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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

277 mm Length 211 mm
140 mm Height 125 mm
45 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
920 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q1/2015.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 (ZT-T20600K-10M) came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no ZT-T20600H-10M
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2019
349 $ Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
28 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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