GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2060, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1365 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 1920 SPUs along with 120 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 2060 should perform a lot faster than 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 should be a lot (approximately 127%) more effective at texture 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 high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is superior to the GeForce GTX 960, 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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.