GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which comes with a core clock speed of 1410 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce RTX 2070		22282 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 9923 (80%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2070 will be 133% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (133%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be a lot (about 69%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82560 (69%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be much (approximately 25%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17952 (25%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.