GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 270X, which features GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon R9 270X in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 164864 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be quite a bit (approximately 105%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 270X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83800 (105%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33520 (105%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a 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 - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.