Component comparison

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 2060

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 4070
  • + Release year (+4)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+168 GB/s)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-7 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+25,000M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+151 mm²)
  • + CUDA cores (+3968)
  • + TMUs (+64)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + RT cores (+16)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+22.70 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+77.76 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+253.80 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+13.3)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+5395)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+5819)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+13720)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+97283)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+93427)
  • + Normalized score (+18.1)
B GeForce RTX 2060
  • + Tensor cores (+56)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
Release year 2023 (+4) 2019
VRAM (GB) 8 GB (+2 GB) 6 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 2000 MHz (+250 MHz) 1750 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 504 GB/s (+168 GB/s) 336 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit 192 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 115 W 115 W
Lithography (nm) 5 nm (-7 nm) 12 nm
Transistors (M) 35,800M (+25,000M) 10,800M
Die size (mm²) 294 mm² (+151 mm²) 445 mm²
Base clock (MHz)
Boost clock (MHz)
CUDA cores 5,888 (+3968) 1,920
TMUs 184 (+64) 120
ROPs 64 (+16) 48
RT cores 46 (+16) 30
Tensor cores 184 240 (+56)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 29.15 TFLOPS (+22.70 TFLOPS) 6.45 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 158.40 GPixel/s (+77.76 GPixel/s) 80.64 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 455.40 GTexel/s (+253.80 GTexel/s) 201.60 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 31.5 (+13.3) 18.1
PassMark (overall) 19,489 (+5395) 14,094
3DMark Time Spy 11,960 (+5819) 6,141
3DMark Fire Strike 30,051 (+13720) 16,331
Geekbench OpenCL 168,695 (+97283) 71,412
Geekbench Vulkan 159,285 (+93427) 65,858
Normalized score 84.5 (+18.1) 66.4

Only in component A

ReBAR

In both

CUDA DLSS ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 2060 Delta
Anno 1800 92 FPS 61 FPS +50.8% (A)
Battlefield 5 140 FPS 104 FPS +34.6% (A)
Borderlands 3 107 FPS 61 FPS +75.4% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS
Counter-Strike 2 250 FPS 150 FPS +66.7% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 135 FPS 60 FPS +125% (A)
Days Gone 155 FPS 87 FPS +78.2% (A)
Dota 2 178 FPS 118 FPS +50.8% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 120 FPS 121 FPS 0.8% (B)
F1 2020 228 FPS 126 FPS +81% (A)
F1 2021 163 FPS 126 FPS +29.4% (A)
Far Cry 5 139 FPS 96 FPS +44.8% (A)
Far Cry New Dawn 102 FPS 77 FPS +32.5% (A)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 41 FPS 52 FPS 26.8% (B)
Flight Simulator 2020 83 FPS 42 FPS +97.6% (A)
Fortnite 200 FPS 162 FPS +23.5% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 180 FPS 108 FPS +66.7% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 190 FPS 100 FPS +90% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
GTA V 134 FPS 95 FPS +41.1% (A)
Hitman 3 208 FPS 105 FPS +98.1% (A)
Horizon Zero Dawn 143 FPS 67 FPS +113.4% (A)
Metro Exodus 111 FPS 56 FPS +98.2% (A)
Monster Hunter World 169 FPS 90 FPS +87.8% (A)
Outriders 145 FPS 90 FPS +61.1% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS
Resident Evil 4 Remake 160 FPS 65 FPS +146.2% (A)
Resident Evil Village 212 FPS 95 FPS +123.2% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 149 FPS 122 FPS +22.1% (A)
The Witcher 3 229 FPS 111 FPS +106.3% (A)
The Witcher 3 124 FPS 74 FPS +67.6% (A)
Total War: Three Kingdoms 133 FPS 67 FPS +98.5% (A)
Valorant 260 FPS 223 FPS +16.6% (A)
Watch Dogs Legion 130 FPS 66 FPS +97% (A)
X-Plane 11.11 52 FPS 56 FPS 7.7% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4070 wins 21 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).