GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs Nvidia Titan Xp

Intro

Compare all that to the Nvidia Titan Xp, which comes with a clock frequency of 1582 MHz and a GDDR5X memory frequency of 1426 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is made up of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
Nvidia Titan Xp		250 Watts
	Difference: 145 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Nvidia Titan Xp should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		560845 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 503245 (874%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp is a lot (approximately 1030%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		379680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 346080 (1030%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan Xp is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		151872 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 142272 (1482%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.