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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon R7 M360
Intro
The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 comes with core speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 400 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M360, which features clock speeds of 1125 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 M360 should in theory be quite a bit better 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 will be quite a bit (about 213%) better 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 much (more or less 108%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 chip could possibly write to the local memory in one 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 - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many 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.
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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