GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 3080

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080, which comes with clock speeds of 1440 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 10240 MB of GDDR6X RAM. It features 8704 SPUs along with 272 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080		320 Watts
	Difference: 215 Watts (205%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3080 should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		778547 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 720947 (1252%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 is much (approximately 1066%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		391680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 358080 (1066%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		138240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 128640 (1340%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.