GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1937 MHz on this specific card. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 311296 (158%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (about 192%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 208368 (192%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a lot (approximately 46%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33312 (46%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.