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GeForce 8800 GTX vs Geforce GTX 680

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTX comes with core speeds of 575 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 768 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 680, which features GPU clock speed of 1006 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1536 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GTX 155 Watts
Geforce GTX 680 195 Watts
Difference: 40 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 680 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce 8800 GTX overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680 192256 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX 86400 MB/sec
Difference: 105856 (123%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 should be a lot (more or less 250%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680 128768 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX 36800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 91968 (250%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 680 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680 32192 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX 13800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 18392 (133%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GTX Geforce GTX 680
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Nov 2006 March 2012
Code Name G80 GK104
Memory 768 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 575 MHz 1006 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 6008 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 155 watts 195 watts
Bandwidth 86400 MB/sec 192256 MB/sec
Texel Rate 36800 Mtexels/sec 128768 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 13800 Mpixels/sec 32192 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 1536
Texture Mapping Units 64 128
Render Output Units 24 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 384-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 28 nm
Transistors 681 million 3540 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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