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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs Radeon R7 M265
IntroThe GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 features a clock speed of 540 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 700 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 80 nm design. It is made up of 32 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 M265, which has a GPU core clock speed of 725 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksMemory BandwidthThe Radeon R7 M265 should in theory be much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon R7 M265 should be a lot (about 101%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)
Pixel RateThe Radeon R7 M265 is a lot (more or less 34%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)
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
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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