GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1410 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 401152 (696%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be a lot (approximately 504%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 169440 (504%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 80640 (840%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.