GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which comes with clock speeds of 1470 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2176 SPUs as well as 136 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super will be 133% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (133%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be quite a bit (about 66%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 79440 (66%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 Super is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21792 (30%)

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 over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write 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 card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.