GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1410 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2070 should in theory be much better than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 401152 (696%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be much (about 504%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 169440 (504%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.