GeForce 9800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which features clock speeds of 1650 MHz on the GPU, and 1937 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 3072 SPUs along with 192 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 145 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 450304 (782%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is much (about 843%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 283200 (843%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 96000 (1000%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, 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 AA, 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 figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the 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 speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.