GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1630, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1740 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this specific card. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce 8800 Ultra		171 Watts
	Difference: 96 Watts (128%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 Ultra should theoretically be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 Ultra		103680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 5376 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is a lot (approximately 42%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		39168 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16512 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is quite a bit (about 90%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 Ultra, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		14688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13152 (90%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.