GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which comes with a clock speed of 1410 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It features 4864 SPUs, 152 TAUs, and 80 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 153 Watts (326%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 is -100% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be much (about 2381%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 205680 (2381%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.