GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which has core speeds of 1470 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2176 SPUs as well as 136 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super is 133% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super will be much (approximately 66%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 79440 (66%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is quite a bit (more or less 30%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1060, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write 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 speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.