GeForce 9800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which has GPU core speed of 1575 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6X RAM set to run at 1188 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 6144 Stream Processors, 192 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 185 Watts (176%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 565299 (981%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 800%) better at AF than the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 268800 (800%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be a lot (more or less 1475%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 141600 (1475%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high 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 amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.