GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 will be 17% faster than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 49152 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be a bit (approximately 14%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19800 (14%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a better choice, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6480 (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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.