GeForce GTX 950 vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1470 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2176 SPUs along with 136 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (94%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 353024 (334%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a lot (about 307%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 150768 (307%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be quite a bit (more or less 187%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 950, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61312 (187%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount 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 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 applied in one second.

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