Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 12GB GDDR6
The 12GB GDDR6 frame buffer doubles the standard RTX 2060 memory, making it a standout for texture-heavy workloads and modded gaming on a Turing architecture chip. Its dual-fan Windforce cooling and factory OC provide reliable thermal performance in a refurbished package that extends the value of an older platform. This card is best for budget-conscious 1080p gamers who need extra VRAM for titles with high-resolution texture packs rather than raw ray tracing performance.
GPU GeForce RTX 2060
VRAM 12GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 1680 MHz
TDP 160 W
Memory Bus 192 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
27 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average connectivity (5th percentile)
- Below average compute (17th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (21st percentile)
- Below average raster (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 2060 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Turing |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 12 |
Memory
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 192 |
| Bandwidth | 336 |
Compute
| Tensor Cores | 272 |
| RT Cores | 34 |
| Base Clock | 1365 |
| Boost Clock | 1680 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 14.36 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 7.181 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 9626 |
| GPU Compute | 6759 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 160 |
| Recommended PSU | 450 |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 0 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| VR Ready | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 2060 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 12GB GDDR6 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1680 | 2407 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 160 | 575 | 300 | 360 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 192 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE | 54.8 | 29 | 52.8 | 23.1 | 16.5 | 45.2 | 31.8 | 20.6 | 5.4 | 27.7 | 78.6 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.1 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 24.6 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.1 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 88 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 88.8 | 21 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.1 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.2 | 91.7 | 83.9 | 95.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 52.6 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 17.6 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 82.6 | 18 |
Usage Scores
- Overall27.4
- AI/LLM31.3
- Budget61.2
- Gaming 4k25.3
- Ray Tracing30.6
- Workstation26.5
- Gaming 1080p26.6
- Gaming 1440p28.2
- Content Creation23.7
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