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GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTX uses a 90 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 575 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular card. It features 128 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1630, which has a clock frequency of 1740 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is comprised of 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630 75 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTX 155 Watts
Difference: 80 Watts (107%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1630 is 14% faster than the GeForce 8800 GTX in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630 98304 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX 86400 MB/sec
Difference: 11904 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be quite a bit (about 51%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8800 GTX. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630 55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX 36800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 18880 (51%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is quite a bit (about 102%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GTX, and also able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630 27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTX 13800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 14040 (102%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce GTX 1630
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Nov 2006 June 2022
Code Name G80 TU117
Memory 768 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 575 MHz 1740 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 3000 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 155 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 86400 MB/sec 98304 MB/sec
Texel Rate 36800 Mtexels/sec 55680 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 13800 Mpixels/sec 27840 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 512
Texture Mapping Units 64 32
Render Output Units 24 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR6
Bus Width 384-bit 64-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 12 nm
Transistors 681 million 4700 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory 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 memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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