GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1410 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 4864 Stream Processors, 152 TAUs, and 80 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (90%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB should be a little bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 57600 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be a lot (about 538%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 180720 (538%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be quite a bit (more or less 1075%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 103200 (1075%)

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 transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's 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 bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.