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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB vs GeForce GTX 860M

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB features a GPU core clock speed of 513 MHz, and the 320 MB of GDDR3 RAM is set to run at 792 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also features 96 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 20 ROPs.

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 860M, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 797 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 96 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 860M 45 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 143 Watts
Difference: 98 Watts (218%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 860M, in theory, should be a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M 64000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 63360 MB/sec
Difference: 640 (1%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 860M should be a lot (approximately 211%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M 76512 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 24624 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 51888 (211%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 860M is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M 12752 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 10260 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2492 (24%)

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 GTS (G80) 320MB GeForce GTX 860M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Feb 2007 March 12 2014
Code Name G80 GM107
Memory 320 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 513 MHz 797 MHz
Memory Speed 1584 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 143 watts 45 watts
Bandwidth 63360 MB/sec 64000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24624 Mtexels/sec 76512 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10260 Mpixels/sec 12752 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 1152
Texture Mapping Units 48 96
Render Output Units 20 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 320-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 28 nm
Transistors 681 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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