NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 550 MHz
40363.6x more texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 90 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 512 MB
77.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26935 vs 348
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1088 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2021 vs 6 August 2006
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	26935 vs 348
PassMark - G2D Mark	1088 vs 153

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

5.4x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26935

348

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1088

153

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	26935	348
PassMark - G2D Mark	1088	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	209081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	485.179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	661.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	60.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	129.036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2441.001
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34770
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34770
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5077

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Curie
Code name	GA102	G71
Launch date	31 May 2021	6 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1199	$114.95
Place in performance rating	60	1066
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	532.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10240
Pixel fill rate	186.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR3