GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2		47 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 103 Watts (219%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 282112 (2204%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 will be much (approximately 1937%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 167360 (1937%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 83680 (1937%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.