GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 3070

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3070, which features core speeds of 1500 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 5888 SPUs along with 184 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070		220 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB should theoretically be a small bit superior to the GeForce RTX 3070 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3070		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 57600 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 should be quite a bit (more or less 721%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070		276000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 242400 (721%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070		144000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 134400 (1400%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 in one 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 this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

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