GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1630, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1740 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory running 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

The GeForce 8800 Ultra, in theory, should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is a lot (more or less 42%) more effective at 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 should be quite a bit (about 90%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 8800 Ultra, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.