GeForce 8800 GT 256MB vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 1030, which features GPU core speed of 1265 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1502 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 Stream Processors, 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 GT 256MB		105 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (250%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		44800 MB/sec
	Difference: 4352 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a little bit (about 20%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6880 (20%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10640 (111%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.