GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2070 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 401152 (696%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be much (more or less 504%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 169440 (504%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock 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 also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.