GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 1030, which comes with a core clock speed of 1265 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		105 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (250%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 8448 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a little bit (approximately 20%) better at AF than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6880 (20%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10640 (111%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This 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 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 could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.