GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2060, which features clock speeds of 1365 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1920 SPUs as well as 120 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 230		65 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (146%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 230 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 305664 (796%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is a lot (more or less 1761%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 155000 (1761%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution 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 GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61120 (1389%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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