GeForce 8800 GT 256MB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which has GPU core speed of 1650 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1937 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 3072 SPUs, 192 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 145 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		44800 MB/sec
	Difference: 463104 (1034%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a lot (more or less 843%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 283200 (843%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.