
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G Desktop Graphics Card Review
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) | 32.00"
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 for desktops is a fast mid range graphics card in the GeForce Turing line-up. It uses a TU106 chip with 1,920 shader, 45 ROPs, 120 TMUs, 240 KI-cores and a 192 Bit memory bus that connects 6 GB of GDDR6 (clocked at 7 GHz leading to 14 GHz effective and 336 GB/s).
The mobile variant of the RTX 2060 bears the same name, but offers considerable lower clock speeds (see our RTX 2060 laptop page).
Features
NVIDIA manufacturers the TU106 chip on a 12 nm FinFET process and includes features like Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and Real-Time Ray Tracing (RTRT), which should combine to create more realistic lighting effects than older GPUs based on the company's Pascal architecture (if the games supports it). The RTX 2060 is also DisplayPort 1.4 ready, while there is also support for HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) and H.265 video en/decoding (PlayReady 3.0).
Performance
The average RTX 2060 should be on par with a Radeon RX Vega 64 and between the GeForce GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 / 1070 Ti. Therefore, the RTX 2060 is most suited for 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 in demanding games.
Power Requirements
NVIDIA specifies that the RTX 2060 should consume a maximum of 160 W and therefore clearly higher than the old GTX 1060 rated at 120 Watt.
GeForce RTX 2000 Series
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Codename | Turing TU106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Turing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 1920 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 1320 - 1620 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 14000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 192 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 6 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_1, Shader 6.4, OpenGL 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 175 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 12 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | DLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 06.01.2019 |
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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Yakuza Like a Dragon | 98.1 | 95.5 | 80.5 | 54.2 | 27.8 | |
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 95.4 | 80.7 | 67.1 | 46.9 | 21.5 | |
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 79 | 64 | 55 | 42 | 24 | |
Dirt 5 | 86 | 68.9 | 40.6 | 35.2 | 26.4 | |
Watch Dogs Legion | 101 | 87.4 | 45.3 | 30.3 | 17.4 | |
FIFA 21 | 260 | 254 | 244 | 240 | 236 | 171 |
Star Wars Squadrons | 373 | 269 | 227 | 214 | 137 | 78.2 |
Mafia Definitive Edition | 147 | 97.9 | 91.1 | 61.1 | 31.7 | |
Serious Sam 4 | 180 | 100 | 104 | 70 | 57.6 | 36.6 |
Crysis Remastered | 138 | 70.8 | 49.6 | 27.8 | 17.6 | |
Flight Simulator 2020 | 79.1 | 68.6 | 51.6 | 35.9 | 26.4 | 15.5 |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 146 | 101 | 86 | 69 | 52 | 30 |
Death Stranding | 173 | 118 | 111 | 107 | 76.4 | 42.3 |
F1 2020 | 288 | 211 | 172 | 120 | 89 | 52 |
Valorant | 264 | 248 | 247 | 241 | 208 | |
Gears Tactics | 309 | 193 | 120 | 82.9 | 57.1 | 31.1 |
Doom Eternal | 281 | 185 | 167 | 162 | 102 | 45.9 |
Hunt Showdown | 228 | 120 | 104 | 63.8 | 30.3 | |
Escape from Tarkov | 121 | 121 | 121 | 119 | 86.2 | 39.8 |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 154 | 102 | 68.5 | 43.6 | 35.1 | 24 |
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 109 | 105 | 96 | 74.2 | 38.4 | |
Need for Speed Heat | 122 | 113 | 103 | 86.9 | 64.1 | 36.7 |
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 | 203 | 135 | 130 | 105 | 76 | 43.1 |
GRID 2019 | 216 | 145 | 111 | 79.5 | 64.5 | 41.4 |
Ghost Recon Breakpoint | 155 | 106 | 96 | 71 | 51 | 28 |
FIFA 20 | 290 | 289 | 269 | 267 | 254 | 179 |
Borderlands 3 | 139 | 116 | 82.8 | 64 | 44.1 | 19.5 |
Control | 237 | 96.2 | 72.7 | 47 | 22.7 | |
F1 2019 | 222 | 204 | 154 | 127 | 99 | 55 |
Rage 2 | 211 | 110 | 98 | 94 | 64 | 29.8 |
Anno 1800 | 87 | 87 | 72 | 40.3 | 34 | 19.8 |
The Division 2 | 178 | 135 | 108 | 85 | 60 | 33 |
Dirt Rally 2.0 | 229.3 | 152.4 | 138.2 | 84.4 | 64.9 | 39.9 |
Anthem | 114 | 103 | 95 | 88 | 66 | 34.6 |
Far Cry New Dawn | 116 | 101 | 97 | 88 | 76 | 42 |
Metro Exodus | 127.8 | 85.4 | 63.9 | 52.7 | 41.5 | 26.3 |
Apex Legends | 144 | 144 | 141 | 139 | 98 | 52 |
Just Cause 4 | 174 | 128 | 96 | 93 | 37.4 | |
Darksiders III | 226 | 142 | 127 | 110 | 34.9 | |
Battlefield V | 169 | 145 | 129 | 119.1 | 53.1 | |
Farming Simulator 19 | 191.1 | 147.9 | 132.7 | 122.4 | 54.9 | |
Fallout 76 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50.6 |
Hitman 2 | 93.4 | 89.7 | 84.3 | 79.9 | 40.7 | |
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 | 223 | 157 | 147 | 133 | 39.7 | |
Assassin´s Creed Odyssey | 108 | 92 | 78 | 56 | 28 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 178 | 140 | 131 | 105 | 59 | |
FIFA 19 | 234.5 | 205.4 | 194 | 186.2 | 151.2 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 133 | 107 | 101 | 90 | 32 | |
F1 2018 | 241 | 191 | 154 | 112 | 55 | |
Monster Hunter World | 144 | 114 | 109 | 86 | 27.5 | |
The Crew 2 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 35.3 | |
Far Cry 5 | 117 | 103 | 99 | 94 | 41 | |
Kingdom Come: Deliverance | 128 | 114 | 91 | 70 | 25 | |
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 151.9 | 99.6 | 72.6 | 30.8 | ||
Fortnite | 214.4 | 179.2 | 155 | 141 | 38 | |
Call of Duty WWII | 243 | 231 | 155 | 128 | 68 | |
Assassin´s Creed Origins | 113 | 97 | 92 | 78 | 39 | |
Destiny 2 | 137 | 135 | 136 | 103 | 49.7 | |
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) | 189.5 | 166.7 | 158.7 | 121.6 | 44.3 | |
Dirt 4 | 312 | 196 | 117 | 68 | ||
Rocket League | 246 | 248 | 221 | 115 | ||
Ghost Recon Wildlands | 149 | 103 | 97 | 56 | 38 | |
For Honor | 265 | 163 | 157 | 122 | 53 | |
Watch Dogs 2 | 139.2 | 126 | 94.6 | 66 | 38.5 | |
Battlefield 1 | 179 | 162 | 143 | 133 | 59.8 | |
Deus Ex Mankind Divided | 149.9 | 140 | 103.5 | 75.7 | 37.3 | |
Overwatch | 279.9 | 275.2 | 266.8 | 110.2 | 102.2 | |
Doom | 164.4 | 149.2 | 141.3 | 139.5 | 78.7 | |
The Division | 278 | 218 | 120 | 95 | 49 | |
Far Cry Primal | 119 | 107 | 97 | 91 | 50 | |
Rise of the Tomb Raider | 268 | 189 | 136 | 113 | 47.3 | |
Rainbow Six Siege | 244 | 297 | 238 | 223 | 97 | |
The Witcher 3 | 286.7 | 204.5 | 135.7 | 72.7 | 51.3 | |
GTA V | 174.4 | 166.4 | 148.4 | 100.5 | 66.7 | |
Battlefield 4 | 199.4 | 199.6 | 199.8 | 163.9 | 55.4 | |
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 11 57 | 33 41 | 1 39 35 | 10 41 18 | 2 14 18 4 | 17 46 8 4 |
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