GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which has a clock speed of 1480 MHz and a GDDR5X memory frequency of 1376 MHz. It also makes use of a 352-bit memory bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It features 3584 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 88 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 203 Watts (432%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 482816 (3772%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is quite a bit (about 3737%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 322880 (3737%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is much (more or less 2915%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 125920 (2915%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus 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 card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output 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.