GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1630, which features GPU clock speed of 1740 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1500 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 512 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce 8800 Ultra		171 Watts
	Difference: 96 Watts (128%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 8800 Ultra should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1630 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 Ultra		103680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 5376 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 should be quite a bit (approximately 42%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		39168 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16512 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is much (about 90%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 Ultra, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		14688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13152 (90%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.