GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which comes with core speeds of 1575 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6X memory. It features 6144 SPUs along with 192 TAUs and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 185 Watts (176%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 565299 (981%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be a lot (more or less 800%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 268800 (800%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be much (more or less 1475%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.