GeForce RTX 2060 vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 690, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 915 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1502 MHz on this card. It features 1536 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 690 should in theory be a small bit superior to the GeForce RTX 2060 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 40448 (12%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 will be a lot (more or less 43%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70440 (43%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is superior to the Geforce GTX 690, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6960 (12%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write 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 clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.