NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 leads on gaming, scoring 20.7 — about 3% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070. For AI workloads the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is the clear call: it's both faster and better value in that segment. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 comes out ahead in 3 of the 4 uses we score. On today's street prices the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is the cheaper of the two: the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 costs around 9% more. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 wins outright: faster and better value.

GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060NVIDIAour pick
Performance scores
Gaming20.120.7
3D Modelling20.419.1
AI13.814.7
VR20.120.9
Value scores
Gaming20.222.5
3D Modelling20.520.8
AI13.816
VR20.222.8
Specifications
steam_share_pct0.621.72
UserBenchmark Speed33.537.2
FP32 Compute6.46 TFLOPS6.45 TFLOPS
AI Throughput0 TOPS51.6 TOPS
VRAM8 GB6 GB
Mem Bandwidth256.3 GB/s336 GB/s
TDP150 W160 W
RRP£299£276

★ marks the winner on each row (for TDP, latency and price, lower is better). Ties unmarked. Scores are our own absolute figures; specs and prices are facts from their sources.