GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which features clock speeds of 889 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2880 SPUs along with 240 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		47 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 203 Watts (432%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan Black will be 2525% faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 323200 (2525%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is a lot (about 2369%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 204720 (2369%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38352 (888%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.