GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which features clock speeds of 1480 MHz on the GPU, and 1376 MHz on the 11264 MB of GDDR5X memory. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 Texture Address Units and 88 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 145 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 438016 (760%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should be quite a bit (more or less 887%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 297920 (887%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should be much (approximately 1257%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 120640 (1257%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of 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.