GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 1030, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1265 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1502 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		135 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (350%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 12928 (26%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should be a bit (more or less 3%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1120 (3%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9840 (95%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.