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GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTX uses a 90 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 575 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 128 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 24 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 75 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTX 155 Watts
Difference: 80 Watts (107%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 8800 GTX should be 0% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX 86400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
Difference: 384 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (more or less 82%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX 36800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 30016 (82%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX 13800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 19608 (142%)

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 GTX GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Nov 2006 May 2018
Code Name G80 GP107
Memory 768 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 575 MHz 1392 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 155 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 86400 MB/sec 86016 MB/sec
Texel Rate 36800 Mtexels/sec 66816 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 13800 Mpixels/sec 33408 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 768
Texture Mapping Units 64 48
Render Output Units 24 24
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 384-bit 96-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 14 nm
Transistors 681 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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