GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1630, which features a core clock frequency of 1740 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also features a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It is comprised of 512 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTX		155 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (107%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1630 should theoretically be just a bit superior to the GeForce 8800 GTX overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 11904 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be a lot (approximately 51%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18880 (51%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14040 (102%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.