GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which comes with core clock speeds of 1470 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2176 SPUs along with 136 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super is 37% faster than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
	Difference: 122752 (37%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a bit (about 14%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23920 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a small bit (about 2%) better at AA than the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, and also capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1920 (2%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.