GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1365 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. 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 1660 Ti		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 49152 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be a bit (more or less 14%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19800 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a little bit (approximately 10%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 2060, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6480 (10%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

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