GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 2080

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2080, which features a core clock frequency of 1515 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It features 2944 SPUs, 184 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce RTX 2080		26155 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 13796 (112%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (133%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 should be much (approximately 131%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 158280 (131%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 will be a lot (about 34%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1060, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24672 (34%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel 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 get to the maximum fill rate.