GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060, which comes with core clock speeds of 1365 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 1920 SPUs along with 120 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be quite a bit (more or less 36%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43320 (36%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.