GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, which features core clock speeds of 1607 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2432 SPUs along with 152 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 133 Watts (283%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 239744 (1070%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is quite a bit (approximately 2727%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 235624 (2727%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 98528 (2281%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.