GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2060, which comes with GPU 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 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 147456 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be a lot (more or less 51%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 55368 (51%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6768 (10%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of 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 bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.