GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Nvidia Titan Xp

Intro

Compare all that to the Nvidia Titan Xp, which features a core clock speed of 1582 MHz and a GDDR5X memory frequency of 1426 MHz. It also features a 384-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is made up of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
Nvidia Titan Xp		250 Watts
	Difference: 203 Watts (432%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Nvidia Titan Xp is 2404% faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		560845 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 538445 (2404%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp should be much (more or less 4294%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		379680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 371040 (4294%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp should be a lot (approximately 3416%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		151872 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 147552 (3416%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.