GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Nvidia Titan Xp

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Nvidia Titan Xp, which comes with clock speeds of 1582 MHz on the GPU, and 1426 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR5X RAM. It features 3840 SPUs along with 240 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
Nvidia Titan Xp		250 Watts
	Difference: 203 Watts (432%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Nvidia Titan Xp is 4282% quicker than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		560845 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 548045 (4282%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp will be much (approximately 4294%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		379680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 371040 (4294%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan Xp is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, by a large margin. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		151872 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.