GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 2080

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2080, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1515 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2944 SPUs along with 184 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator 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 2080		26155 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 13796 (112%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2080 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 should be quite a bit (approximately 131%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 158280 (131%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.