GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 3080

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3080, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1440 MHz. The GDDR6X memory runs at a frequency of 1188 MHz on this card. It features 8704 SPUs along with 272 Texture Address Units and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080		320 Watts
	Difference: 273 Watts (581%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3080 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		778547 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 756147 (3376%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 is quite a bit (about 4433%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		391680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 383040 (4433%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 is a lot (more or less 3100%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		138240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 133920 (3100%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.