GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which has GPU core speed of 1650 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1937 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3072 SPUs, 192 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be 158% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 311296 (158%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a lot (approximately 192%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 208368 (192%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33312 (46%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.