MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming Z & Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming OC Pro
January, 2019Type
Graphics CardPrice
$390 US & $390 USMSI GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming Z & Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming OC Pro Power Consumption
I compiled the power consumption results by testing each card under idle and full stress when the card was running games. Each graphics card manufacturer sets a default TDP for the card which can vary from vendor to vendor depending on the extra clocks or board features they plug in on their custom cards. The default TDP for the RTX 2060 is 165W (Founders Edition) while the cards I tested feature custom designs and higher power input than the standard FE variant. Noteworthy here is that the GeForce RTX 2070 comes in with just a 15W higher TDP compared to the RTX 2060 whereas, in the previous generation, the difference was close to 30W.
Also, it's worth noting that the 12nm FFN process from TSMC is a refinement of their 16nm FF node. NVIDIA is cramping even larger amount of transistors and more cores than their previous cards, making it one of the densest chip built to date. It's likely to consume a lot of power and the results are reflective of that.
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