GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2060, which has a clock speed of 1365 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is made up of 1920 SPUs, 120 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 245568 (249%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is much (about 469%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 135000 (469%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be quite a bit (about 203%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43920 (203%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.