GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1650 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1937 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 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 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (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

If using high levels of AA 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 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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.