GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2070 Super, which has a core clock speed of 1605 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super is 310% faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 346752 (310%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is quite a bit (approximately 256%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 184672 (256%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be a lot (more or less 185%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 960, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66656 (185%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 amount 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 higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.