GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060, which features GPU core speed of 1365 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 1920 Stream Processors, 120 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 980 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 120064 (54%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be a little bit (more or less 14%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 980. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19672 (14%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6544 (10%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has 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 AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.