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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR5 | GeForce GTX 780 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 23% | 30% |
| Hitman 3 | 1% | 69% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 29% | 19% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 32% | 15% |
| FIFA 21 | 61% | 34% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 9% | 83% |
| Far Cry 6 | 12% | 88% |
| Genshin Impact | 23% | 30% |
| Battlefield 6 | 1% | 69% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 23% | 30% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR5 are significantly better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780.
The RTX 2060 has a 502 MHz higher core clock speed than the GeForce GTX 780, but the GeForce GTX 780 has 72 more Texture Mapping Units than the RTX 2060. As a result, the GeForce GTX 780 exhibits a 1.9 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the RTX 2060. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RTX 2060 has a 502 MHz higher core clock speed but 1 fewer Render Output Units than the GeForce GTX 780. The lower ROP count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the RTX 2060 manages to provide 22.8 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RTX 2060 was released over three years more recently than the GeForce GTX 780, and so the RTX 2060 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the GeForce GTX 780 when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR5 and the GeForce GTX 780 have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The GeForce GTX 780 has 144.4 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RTX 2060, which means that the memory performance of the GeForce GTX 780 is massively better than the RTX 2060.
The GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR5 has 1920 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 780 has 2304. However, the actual shader performance of the RTX 2060 is 3226 and the actual shader performance of the GeForce GTX 780 is 2078. The RTX 2060 having 1148 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the GeForce GTX 780 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.
The RTX 2060 transistor size technology is 16 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GeForce GTX 780. This means that the RTX 2060 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GeForce GTX 780.
The GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR5 requires 150 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 780 requires 250 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the RTX 2060 and a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GeForce GTX 780. The GeForce GTX 780 requires 100 Watts more than the RTX 2060 to run. The difference is significant enough that the GeForce GTX 780 may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RTX 2060.
| Core Speed | 1365 MHz |  | vs | 863 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1680 MHz | | vs | 902 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing | Kepler GK110-300-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great |
| vs | Good | |
| Release Date | 15 Jan 2019 | | vs | 23 May 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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vs | 9.3
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| 2560x1440 | 9.1
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vs | 6.8
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| 3840x2160 | 7.1
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vs | 5.2
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| Memory | 3072 MB | | vs | | 3072 MB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz | vs | | 1502 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 192 Bit | vs | | 384 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 144GB/sec | vs | | 288.4GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
1536 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 1920 | vs | | 2304 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 120 | vs | | 192 | |
| Texture Rate | 163.8 GTexel/s | vs | | 165.7 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 47 | vs | | 48 | |
| Pixel Rate | 64.2 GPixel/s | | vs | 41.4 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 2 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 150 Watts | | vs | 250 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 450 Watts | | vs | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | - | vs | | 5.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.6 | | vs | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 2560x1440 | | vs | | 2560x1440 |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR5 is a mid-range GeForce 20 Series graphics card and considered a great price to performance graphics card based on the Turing architecture. Architecture The Turing architecture represents a process shrink down to 12nm compared to 14nm Pascal. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. The GeForce RTX 2060 does support real-time ray-tracing and excels at 1080p screen resolution. GPU It equips a Turing GPU codenamed TU106 which has 1920 Shader Processing Units, 120 TMUs and 47 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1365 MHz and goes up to 1680 MHz, in Boost mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 3GB frame buffer of slower GDDR5 memory compared to the GDDR6 model, running through a 192-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1500MHz, or 14GHz effective. The limited video memory available means the RTX 2060 3GB will struggle at 1440p resolution. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 150W, it requires at least a 450W PSU with an 8-pin power connector. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2060 3GB GDDR5 is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920 x 1080. We recommend a mid-range Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | GeForce GTX 780 is a high-end graphics-card based on the 28nm, Kepler architecture. It's based on the Kepler GK110 Core (same used on Titan) but with 12 SMX activated and therefore offers 2304 Shader Processing Units, 192 TMUs and 48 ROPs on a 384-bit memory interface of fast GDDR5. While the central unit runs at 863MHz and goes up to 902MHz in Turbo, the memory clock operates at 1502MHz. It consumes up to 250W. Benchmarks indicate that its performance is up to 30% better than previous GeForce GTX 680 and thus allows even the most demanding games to be playable at the highest settings, at 1080p. With proper overclocking and cooling, it can surpass GeForce GTX Titan. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | ||||