GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which features a core clock speed of 1480 MHz and a GDDR5X memory speed of 1376 MHz. It also uses a 352-bit memory bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is comprised of 3584 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 88 Raster Operation 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

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (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 will be quite a bit (approximately 887%) faster with regards to texture 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%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.