GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has clock speeds of 1410 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 4864 SPUs along with 152 Texture Address Units and 80 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 153 Watts (326%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 22400 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be much (about 2381%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 205680 (2381%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be much (more or less 2511%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 108480 (2511%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.