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GeForce 8800 GTX vs Geforce GTX 680

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTX has a core clock speed of 575 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 90 nm design. It is made up of 128 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 680, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1006 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this specific model. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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 theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce 8800 GTX in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 is a lot (more or less 250%) better at texture 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 running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 680 is the winner, by far. (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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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