GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which has core clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan X, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X should be much (approximately 471%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 158400 (471%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 86400 (900%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus 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 card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.