GeForce RTX 2070 vs GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2070 Super, which comes with a clock speed of 1605 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (23%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have exactly the same memory bandwidth, so in theory they should perform exactly the same. (explain)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is much (approximately 26%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 2070. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 53760 (26%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 Super is the winner, but only just. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12480 (14%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.