GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon R9 Fury X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 Fury X, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1050 MHz and a HBM memory frequency of 500 MHz. It also makes use of a 4096-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 4096 SPUs, 256 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
Radeon R9 Fury X		275 Watts
	Difference: 228 Watts (485%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 Fury X, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		512000 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 499200 (3900%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 Fury X is much (approximately 3011%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		268800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 260160 (3011%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 Fury X is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62880 (1456%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

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