GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which has a core clock frequency of 1650 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1937 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It is comprised of 3072 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 145 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 450304 (782%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be much (about 843%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 283200 (843%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.