GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which comes with a core clock speed of 1470 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It is made up of 2176 SPUs, 136 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be 133% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (133%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super will be much (more or less 84%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 91488 (84%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 Super is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21792 (30%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within 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 should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.