GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which has a core clock speed of 1650 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1937 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is made up of 3072 SPUs, 192 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 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be 158% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be a lot (about 163%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 196320 (163%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.