GeForce 8800 GT 256MB vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which features GPU clock speed of 1506 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1152 Stream Processors, 72 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		105 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be much better than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		44800 MB/sec
	Difference: 151808 (339%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is much (more or less 223%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 74832 (223%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (about 653%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved 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 should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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 get to the maximum fill rate.