GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs Radeon R9 Fury X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 Fury X, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1050 MHz, and 4096 MB of HBM memory running at 500 MHz through a 4096-bit bus. It also is comprised of 4096 SPUs, 256 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
Radeon R9 Fury X		275 Watts
	Difference: 170 Watts (162%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 Fury X should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		512000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 454400 (789%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 Fury X should be quite a bit (more or less 700%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		268800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 235200 (700%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 Fury X should be a lot (approximately 600%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 57600 (600%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.