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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

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The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB has a clock speed of 600 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It features 112 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 875 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2880 SPUs along with 240 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 105 Watts
GeForce GTX 780 Ti 250 Watts
Difference: 145 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti is 483% faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti 336000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 278400 (483%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be a lot (about 525%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti 210000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 176400 (525%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti is much (approximately 338%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti 42000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 32400 (338%)

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 GT 512MB GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Oct 2007 November 2013
Code Name G92 GK110
Memory 512 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 875 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 250 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 336000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 210000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 42000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 2880
Texture Mapping Units 56 240
Render Output Units 16 48
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 384-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 28 nm
Transistors 754 million 7080 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.4

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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