GeForce 8800 GTX vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare that to the Nvidia Titan X, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1417 MHz. The GDDR5X memory runs at a speed of 1251 MHz on this model. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GTX		155 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (61%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Nvidia Titan X should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce 8800 GTX overall. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 405120 (469%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X will be a lot (more or less 763%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 280608 (763%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X will be a lot (approximately 886%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GTX, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 122232 (886%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.