GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2070 Super, which comes with a core clock speed of 1605 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, 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 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 168 Watts (357%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be much (about 2872%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 248160 (2872%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super should be a lot (about 2278%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 98400 (2278%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.