GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2070, which features clock speeds of 1410 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3		47 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 128 Watts (272%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2070 is 1948% faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 436352 (1948%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be a lot (more or less 2250%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194400 (2250%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be much (about 1989%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85920 (1989%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per 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 number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.