GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2060, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1365 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. 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 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 should be 249% faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be quite a bit (more or less 469%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering 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

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is a better choice, and very much so. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.