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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 features a clock speed of 540 MHz and a DDR2 memory speed of 400 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 80 nm design. It features 32 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050, which comes with clock speeds of 1354 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 47 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 75 Watts
Difference: 28 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 101888 (796%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is quite a bit (approximately 527%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 45520 (527%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 GeForce GTX 1050
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 October 2016
Code Name G84 GP107-300
Memory 512 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 1354 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 12800 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 DDR2 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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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