GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1470 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2176 SPUs as well as 136 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 Ultra		171 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 4 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 Ultra overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		103680 MB/sec
	Difference: 355072 (342%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super will be much (more or less 410%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		39168 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 160752 (410%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be quite a bit (about 541%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 8800 Ultra, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		14688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 79392 (541%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.