GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which comes with GPU core speed of 1650 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1937 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 3072 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be much (approximately 163%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 196320 (163%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be a lot (about 46%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		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 megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could 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 ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.