GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2070 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 401152 (696%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be much (approximately 504%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 169440 (504%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 80640 (840%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 potential to reach the maximum fill rate.