GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060, which has a core clock speed of 1365 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It features 1920 SPUs, 120 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (7%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 is 31% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1070 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 81920 (31%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is a little bit (more or less 10%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16920 (10%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30864 (47%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one 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 the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.