GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 1030, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1265 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1502 MHz on this specific model. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTX		155 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (417%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 8800 GTX should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 37248 (76%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be just a bit (approximately 10%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3680 (10%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is superior to the GeForce 8800 GTX, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6440 (47%)

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