GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1080

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1080, which features core clock speeds of 1607 MHz on the GPU, and 1251 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5X RAM. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		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 512MB overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 270080 (469%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a lot (more or less 665%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 223520 (665%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 in a second.

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