GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2060, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1365 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1920 SPUs along with 120 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator 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 much faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is a lot (approximately 51%) better at 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

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a little bit (more or less 10%) better at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 2060, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 number is worked out by multiplying the total number of 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.