RTX 2060 for Blender

Blender score 1,653
Average speed
Light VRAM
RTX 20 series

Turing GPU best suited to lighter Blender scenes, learning workflows, and budget-conscious rendering setups.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

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Blender benchmark score

1,653

Entry-level speed — fine for learning and lighter scenes.

VRAM

6 GB

Limited — best for simpler scenes and lighter workflows.

CUDA cores

1,920

Lower core count — adequate for lighter rendering workloads.

Architecture

Turing

Older architecture — introduced hardware ray tracing for NVIDIA GPUs.

Memory bandwidth

336 GB/s

Lower bandwidth may become a bottleneck in texture-heavy or complex scenes.

Boost clock

1680 MHz

Lower clock speed — typical of older or workstation-class GPUs.

Render support

OptiX, CUDA

OptiX is typically the fastest option; CUDA provides a reliable fallback.

TDP

160 W

Relatively efficient — manageable in most desktop builds.

Release year

2019

More technical details

Core specs

  • Tensor cores: 240
  • RT cores: 30
  • Base clock: 1365 MHz
  • Process size: 12 nm

Memory specs

  • Memory type: GDDR6
  • Memory bus: 192-bit

Benchmark performance

This chart estimates how many seconds this GPU takes to render one frame of each standard Blender benchmark scene, so you can compare practical rendering speed at a glance.

Blender score 1,653
seconds
Estimated time to render one benchmark frame. Lower is faster.
OptiXCUDA
Junkshop
38.09s
63.85s
Monster
23.69s
32.47s
Classroom
49.58s
89.18s
0s105s

These are single-frame estimates derived from Blender Open Data benchmark medians at the scene sample counts, not full-animation render times or guarantees for every real project.

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Is RTX 2060 good for Blender?

A concise editorial read on where this GPU looks strong, the tradeoffs to keep in mind, and who it suits best.

What stands out

  • Turing Architecture
  • Real-time Ray Tracing
  • Good performance for entry-level rendering tasks
  • Supports ray tracing and AI-enhanced graphics

Tradeoffs to know

  • Limited VRAM for complex scenes
  • Not the best choice for future-proofing

Who should choose it

  • Affordable entry into NVIDIA's RTX series
  • Supports CUDA and OPTIX for accelerated rendering

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