GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2070 Super, which features GPU core speed of 1605 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2560 Stream Processors, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 346752 (310%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is much (approximately 256%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 184672 (256%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 Super is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66656 (185%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.