GeForce 8800 GTX vs Nvidia Titan Xp

Intro

Compare those specs to the Nvidia Titan Xp, which comes with a clock speed of 1582 MHz and a GDDR5X memory frequency of 1426 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It features 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GTX		155 Watts
Nvidia Titan Xp		250 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (61%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Nvidia Titan Xp should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GTX overall. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		560845 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 474445 (549%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp should be much (approximately 932%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		379680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 342880 (932%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp should be much (approximately 1001%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GTX, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		151872 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 138072 (1001%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.