GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which features core speeds of 1650 MHz on the GPU, and 1937 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 Ultra		171 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 79 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce 8800 Ultra overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		103680 MB/sec
	Difference: 404224 (390%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is much (about 709%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		39168 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 277632 (709%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is superior to the GeForce 8800 Ultra, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		14688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 90912 (619%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out 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 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.