In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is 83 % faster than the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and has 2176 texture shaders and 34 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX
Memory Size
12 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
336 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX
Base Clock
1.470 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.650 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB clocks in the base with up to 1.470 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX is 1.050 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX
TDP
185 W
145 W
Tjunction max
88 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.2
DVI
1
2
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX
Length
229 mm
241 mm
Height
113 mm
111 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is 229 mm long, 113 mm high and -- wide.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX is 241 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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