NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 2,176)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 336 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 34)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB has lower TDP (184 W vs 575 W)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher VRAM (32 GB vs 12 GB)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM12 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width192 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores2,17621,760▲
RT cores34170▲
Tensor / AI cores272680▲
Base clock1470 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock1650 MHz2410 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 2DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP184 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU550 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length242 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort, 1× HDMI3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b