GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which features clock speeds of 1650 MHz on the GPU, and 1937 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 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 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be 158% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general, because of its greater data rate. (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 is a lot (more or less 192%) better at AF 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 AA than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.