NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB to feature 2176 CUDA cores, 184W TDP

NVIDIA RTX 2060 12GB, more than a just memory upgrade

We received new information on the upcoming RTX 2060 12GB graphics cards.

As it turns out, the soon-to-release ‘upgraded’ RTX 2060 model is said to feature more than 1920 CUDA cores. The card that is now known as RTX 2060 12GB is now expected to use 2176 CUDA cores, which is the same number as RTX 2060 SUPER. Interestingly, the new SKU is to have a higher default TDP of 184W (compared to SUPER’s 175W), which makes this new announcement even more strange. On paper, the card is expected to be just about the same as 2060 SUPER except for the memory bandwidth: the 2060 SUPER variant has a 256-bit bus while the 12GB SKU is 192-bit.

Obviously, we were quite surprised by this rumor, but we have since confirmed this information with as many as three sources. They have all received the same specifications: 2176 CUDA cores, 12GB GDDR6 14Gbps memory across a 192-bit bus, and 184W TDP. As for the boost clock, two sources claim it is a 1650 MHz boost by default with factory-overclocked variants going into 1690 Mhz space.

NVIDIA RTX 2060 12GB is now set to launch on December 7th as a cheaper alternative to RTX 3060 12GB (hopefully with better availability). It is worth noting that at launch the RTX 3060 12GB was around 8% faster than RTX 2060 SUPER. The 2060 12GB, considering it has nearly identical specs, might perform just about the same. The features that will be missing on the Turing model though are PCIe Gen4 and ResizableBAR support. The card will also have lower raytracing performance.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX x60 Series
VideoCardz.com	GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER	GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	GeForce RTX 2060 6GB	GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	GeForce RTX 3060
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Architecture	NVIDIA Turing	NVIDIA Turing	NVIDIA Turing	NVIDIA Ampere	NVIDIA Ampere
Board	PG150	PG161	PG160	PG190/PG142	PG190
GPU	12nm TU106-410	12nm TU106	12nm TU106-300	8nm GA104-200	8nm GA106-300
Boost Clock	1650 MHz	1650 MHz	1680 MHz	1665 MHz	1777 MHz
CUDA : RT : Tensor	2176 : 64 : 136	2176 : 64 : 136	1920 : 48 : 120	4864 : 38 : 152	3584 : 28 : 112
Memory	8GB GDDR6	12GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	12GB GDDR6
Memory Clock	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	15 Gbps
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit	192-bit	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	336 GB/s	336 GB/s	448 GB/s	360 GB/s
TGP/TBP	175W	184W	160W	200W	170W
MSRP	399 USD	TBC	349 -> 299 USD	399 USD	329 USD
Release Date	July 9th, 2019	December 7th, 2021	January 14, 2019	December 2nd, 2020	Late February 2021