GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with a core clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (325%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 185856 (2904%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (about 5127%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 92280 (5127%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is superior to the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM), and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30460 (3384%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.