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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon R7 M360
Intro
The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 has a GPU core clock speed of 540 MHz, and the 512 MB of DDR2 memory runs at 400 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 32 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M360, which features a clock speed of 1125 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon R7 M360, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall. (explain)
| Radeon R7 M360 |
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16000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 |
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12800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon R7 M360 is a lot (approximately 213%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)| Radeon R7 M360 |
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27000 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 |
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8640 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon R7 M360 will be a lot (about 108%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)| Radeon R7 M360 |
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9000 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 |
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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
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2Amazon.com
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Radeon R7 M360Amazon.com
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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.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 | Radeon R7 M360 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | April 2007 | 2015 |
| Code Name | G84 | Oland |
| Memory | 512 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 540 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 47 watts | (Unknown) watts |
| Bandwidth | 12800 MB/sec | 16000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 8640 Mtexels/sec | 27000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 4320 Mpixels/sec | 9000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 32 | 384 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 24 |
| Render Output Units | 8 | 8 |
| Bus Type | DDR2 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 64-bit |
| Fab Process | 80 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 289 million | (Unknown) million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 12 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.3 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2Amazon.com
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Radeon R7 M360Amazon.com
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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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