GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1937 MHz on this particular card. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 Texture Address Units 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

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be 782% quicker than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (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 is much (about 843%) better 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

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (approximately 1000%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.