GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2080

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2080, which has a clock speed of 1515 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It features 2944 SPUs, 184 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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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 2080		26155 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 13970 (115%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (133%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 is much (about 157%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 170328 (157%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24672 (34%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.