GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1968 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 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
Radeon RX 6600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 113 Watts (240%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6600 XT will be 1070% faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 239744 (1070%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is much (more or less 2816%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 243264 (2816%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6600 XT is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 121632 (2816%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

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