GeForce 8800 GT 256MB vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 1030, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1265 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this specific card. It features 384 SPUs along with 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

The GeForce GT 1030, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be a small bit (approximately 20%) more effective at 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

The GeForce GT 1030 will be much (more or less 111%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted 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 it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel 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 reach the maximum fill rate.