GeForce GTX 950 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2060, which features GPU core speed of 1365 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1920 Stream Processors, 120 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (78%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2060 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 238336 (225%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be a lot (more or less 233%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 114648 (233%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is superior to the GeForce GTX 950, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32752 (100%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen 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 amount of texture units by the core 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.