GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 72 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		135 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
	Difference: 134528 (217%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (about 161%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92). (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66832 (161%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (about 595%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92), and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61888 (595%)

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 moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.