GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1937 MHz on this specific card. It features 3072 SPUs along with 192 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be 353% faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 395904 (353%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a lot (more or less 339%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 244672 (339%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is quite a bit (more or less 193%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69536 (193%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.