NVIDIA rumored to launch GeForce RTX 2060 with 12GB memory by January 2022

NVIDIA to reintroduce GeForce RTX 2060 with 12GB memory?

We have new information on planned update to GeForce RTX 20 series. 

Back in January, it was reported that NVIDIA is bringing back a large stock of RTX 2060 graphics cards. This would be a direct response to the market situation at the time which was just the beginning of price and stock issues of discrete GPUs in 2021. This was also before NVIDIA launched its RTX 3060 graphics, so it was understandable that a good mid-range solution is needed.

Fast forward to September and NVIDIA already launched its RTX 3060 non-Ti model in March offering competitive performance and a large memory buffer of 12GB. The card was later updated to the LHR variant after NVIDIA made a mistake by unlocking full cryoto hash rate performance through a developer driver.  However there is a problem with RTX 3060 graphics card and that’s availability at MSRP. The situation has not changed much since the card had released, which forces NVIDIA to seek other options.

According to our sources, NVIDIA is now planning an updated RTX 2060 GPU based on Turing architecture. A model known as PG161 would feature 12GB GDDR6 memory and the same TU106-300 GPU, except wth a KX postfix. Thus, the card would only see a change in doubled memory capacity compared to RTX 2060 6GB which launched in January 2019. NVIDIA has allegedly told board partners to anticipate this card by the end of this year, possibly in January, depending on how quickly they can be manufactured.

An introduction of RTX 2060 12GB paints a grim outlook for mid-range GPU availability in 2022. NVIDIA is clearly expecting Ampere shortages to continue, while already planning alternatives to customers who simply cannot wait.

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 TU106-300-KX	12nm TU106-300	8nm GA104-200	8nm GA106-300
Base Clock	1470 MHz	TBC	1365 MHz	1410 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost Clock	1650 MHz	TBC	1680 MHz	1665 MHz	1777 MHz
CUDA : RT : Tensor	2176 : 64 : 136	1920 : 48 : 120	1920 : 48 : 120	4864 : 38 : 152	3584 : 28 : 112
Memory	8GB GDDR6	12GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	12GB GDDR6
Memory Clock	14 Gbps	TBC	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	15 Gbps
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit	192-bit	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	TBC	336 GB/s	448 GB/s	360 GB/s
TGP/TBP	175W	TBC	160W	200W	170W
MSRP	399 USD	TBC	349 -> 299 USD	399 USD	329 USD
Release Date	July 9th, 2019	Dec ’21/Jan ’22	January 14, 2019	December 2nd, 2020	Late February 2021