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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Key differences

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 1,920)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 30)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher VRAM (32 GB vs 6 GB)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 336 GB/s)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 has lower TDP (160 W vs 575 W)

Full spec comparison

Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM6 GB32 GB
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width192 bit512 bit
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s1792 GB/s
Shading cores1,92021,760
RT cores30170
Tensor / AI cores240680
Base clock1365 MHz2010 MHz
Boost clock1680 MHz2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 2DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP160 W575 W
Recommended PSU500 W1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length229 mm304 mm
Slot width2 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4, 1× HDMI 2.03× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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