GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1070

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1070, which features a clock speed of 1506 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It is made up of 1920 SPUs, 120 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1070 should perform much faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 204544 (355%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is quite a bit (approximately 438%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 147120 (438%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 86784 (904%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.