GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1080

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1080, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1607 MHz. The GDDR5X RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1251 MHz on this card. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		105 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1080 is 469% quicker than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 270080 (469%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be quite a bit (approximately 665%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 223520 (665%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 93248 (971%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.