OEMs say that NVIDIA RTX 2060 12GB is more suitable for mining

Today, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2060 12GB, which has been brewing for several months, finally meets with consumers, and related products from some manufacturers have also been unveiled. Because it is a product based on the old architecture, Nvidia basically did not publicize or disclose the details of the product.

Nvidia has made it clear that NVIDIA RTX 2060 12GB will not have “Founders Edition” and will only be sold through partners with custom designs. According to a report by TomsHardware, some manufacturers think that NVIDIA RTX 2060 12GB is more like a GPU for cryptocurrency.

According to some current algorithms, Ethereum probably needs a little more than 4GB of video memory, generally, the 6GB video memory of the GeForce RTX 2060 is still sufficient to meet the demand in the next two years. Doubling the video memory capacity will not result in an immediate improvement in mining efficiency. At present, after the adjustment of GeForce RTX 2060, the hash rate is about 33 MH/s. Even in the face of the GeForce RTX 3060 with the cryptocurrency mining limiter, there is no advantage.

Compared with miners, gamers may need GeForce RTX 2060 12GB more. At least in situations where the RTX 2060 doesn’t run out of VRAM, the RTX 3060 is only about 20% faster. Doubling the VRAM to 12GB means it would be pretty much universally 15–20% slower (sometimes less), presumably at a lower price. It is rumored that Nvidia will launch GeForce RTX 3050 in January next year. According to its specifications, the performance is likely to be inferior to GeForce RTX 2060 12GB. However, the Ampere architecture will have more technical features, which is unmatched by the Turing architecture.

What is really worrying is that the manufacturer’s statement seems to be inclined to sell GeForce RTX 2060 12GB directly to miners for profit, rather than sell it to gamers through the retail market.