GeForce GT 310 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2060, which features a clock frequency of 1365 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It is comprised of 1920 SPUs, 120 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (416%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 310 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 328064 (2050%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 should be a lot (about 3376%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 159088 (3376%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be quite a bit (more or less 2681%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 310, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 63164 (2681%)

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 data (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 bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.