GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2060, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1365 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 1920 SPUs along with 120 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (146%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 280064 (438%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is quite a bit (approximately 274%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 119960 (274%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is superior to the GeForce GTX 960M, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 47984 (274%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.