GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060, which features core speeds of 1365 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM. 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 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2060 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 232064 (207%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is a lot (approximately 127%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 91672 (127%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29456 (82%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed 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. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.