GeForce 8800 GT 256MB vs Nvidia Titan Xp

Intro

Compare all that to the Nvidia Titan Xp, which has GPU clock speed of 1582 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5X RAM running at 1426 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3840 Stream Processors, 240 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		105 Watts
Nvidia Titan Xp		250 Watts
	Difference: 145 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Nvidia Titan Xp should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB overall. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		560845 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		44800 MB/sec
	Difference: 516045 (1152%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp is a lot (about 1030%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		379680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 346080 (1030%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp is a lot (about 1482%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		151872 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 142272 (1482%)

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.