GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 1030, which has a clock frequency of 1265 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also features a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB		143 Watts
	Difference: 113 Watts (377%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB		63360 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 14208 (29%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be a lot (more or less 64%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB		24624 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15856 (64%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be quite a bit (more or less 97%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB		10260 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9980 (97%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum 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 higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.