GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which comes with GPU core speed of 1470 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2176 SPUs, 136 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 1070 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a bit (approximately 11%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1070. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19200 (11%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be just a bit (approximately 2%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2304 (2%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.