GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1470 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2176 SPUs as well as 136 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator 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

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be 133% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (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 should be much (approximately 84%) better 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 a better choice, by a large margin. (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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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