Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 has core clock speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 700 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which features GPU clock speed of 1354 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 47 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 75 Watts
Difference: 28 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 will be 412% quicker than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 22400 MB/sec
Difference: 92288 (412%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is quite a bit (more or less 527%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 45520 (527%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 39008 (903%)

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

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

GeForce GTX 1050

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 GeForce GTX 1050
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 October 2016
Code Name G84 GP107-300
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 1354 MHz
Memory Speed 1400 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 22400 MB/sec 114688 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 54160 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 43328 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 640
Texture Mapping Units 16 40
Render Output Units 8 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 14 nm
Transistors 289 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed 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 higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

GeForce GTX 1050

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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.

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield