GeForce 810M vs GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, which features core clock speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 700 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 32 SPUs along with 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (213%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 810M overall. (explain)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (56%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 will be quite a bit (approximately 46%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2736 (46%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1368 (46%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output 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 reach the max fill rate.