GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060, which has a clock frequency of 1365 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It features 1920 SPUs, 120 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (433%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 294912 (600%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is a lot (approximately 305%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 123320 (305%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is superior to the GeForce GT 1030, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45280 (224%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.