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GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 has core speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 700 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2070, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 47 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 175 Watts
Difference: 128 Watts (272%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2070 should in theory be much better than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 22400 MB/sec
Difference: 436352 (1948%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be much (approximately 2250%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 194400 (2250%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB 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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 GeForce RTX 2070
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 September 2018
Code Name G84 TU104-350
Memory 1024 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 1410 MHz
Memory Speed 1400 MHz 3500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 175 watts
Bandwidth 22400 MB/sec 458752 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 203040 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 90240 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 2304
Texture Mapping Units 16 144
Render Output Units 8 64
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR6
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 12 nm
Transistors 289 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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