GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060, which has a core clock speed of 1506 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is comprised of 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 139008 (241%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (about 259%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86880 (259%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62688 (653%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.