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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 460 2GB

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB features a GPU core clock speed of 600 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM runs at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 112 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 460 2GB, which features core clock speeds of 675 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 105 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 160 Watts
Difference: 55 Watts (52%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 2GB is 100% faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 115200 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 57600 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 2GB will be a bit (about 13%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 37800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 4200 (13%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 2GB is superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 21600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 12000 (125%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GeForce GTX 460 2GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Oct 2007 July 2010
Code Name G92 GF104
Memory 512 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 675 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 160 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 115200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 37800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 21600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 336
Texture Mapping Units 56 56
Render Output Units 16 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB

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