GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2060, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1365 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 1920 SPUs, 120 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (433%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2060 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 294912 (600%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is quite a bit (more or less 305%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 123320 (305%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is much (about 224%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45280 (224%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.