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GeForce 8800 GT 256MB vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 256MB uses a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a speed of 700 MHz on this card. It features 112 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 1030, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1265 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1502 MHz on this particular 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 GT 256MB 105 Watts
Difference: 75 Watts (250%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically be a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030 49152 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB 44800 MB/sec
Difference: 4352 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be just a bit (approximately 20%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030 40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 6880 (20%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a lot (about 111%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030 20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10640 (111%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GT 256MB GeForce GT 1030
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Dec 2007 May 2017
Code Name G92 GP108-300
Memory 256 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 1265 MHz
Memory Speed 1400 MHz 6008 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 30 watts
Bandwidth 44800 MB/sec 49152 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 40480 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 20240 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 384
Texture Mapping Units 56 32
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 64-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 16 nm
Transistors 754 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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