PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB
vs
Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB and the Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB GPU Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Pascal Architecture Turing
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1152 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
72 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 8 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 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V is 1.410 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.620 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 175 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB is 255 mm long, 126 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 42 mm wide.

255 mm Length 267 mm
126 mm Height 111 mm
42 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1000 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V was introduced in Q1/2020 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

VCGGTX10603PB-CG Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2020
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $ (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)

Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V
8 GB GDDR6
54 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)

PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V
8 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB PNY GeForce GTX 1060 CG Edition 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V Colorful GeForce RTX 2070 8G-V
8 GB GDDR6
132 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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