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GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)
Intro
The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 comes with clock speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 700 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which features core speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 480 SPUs along with 24 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 |
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47 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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63 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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64000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 |
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22400 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) is much (about 122%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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19200 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 |
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8640 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should be quite a bit (more or less 48%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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6400 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 |
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4320 Mpixels/sec |
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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
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
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Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 | Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | April 2007 | February 2011 |
| Code Name | G84 | Turks |
| Fab Process | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 540 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1180 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 700 MHz (1400 MHz effective) | 1000 MHz (4000 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 32 | 480 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 24 |
| Render Output Units | 8 | 8 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 47 watts | 63 watts |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 22400 MB/sec | 64000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 8640 Mtexels/sec | 19200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 4320 Mpixels/sec | 6400 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
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