GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 2080

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2080, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1515 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2944 SPUs as well as 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 960		7627 points
	Difference: 18528 (243%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 346752 (310%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 is a lot (about 286%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 206632 (286%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 is a lot (about 169%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 960, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 60896 (169%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.