GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Nvidia Titan Xp

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Nvidia Titan Xp, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1582 MHz. The GDDR5X memory works at a frequency of 1426 MHz on this model. It features 3840 SPUs as well as 240 Texture Address Units and 96 Rasterization Operator 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

In theory, the Nvidia Titan Xp should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp is quite a bit (about 4294%) more effective at AF 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

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan Xp is a better choice, by a large margin. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.