GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1552 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 2560 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 83 Watts (177%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3050 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 206976 (924%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is much (approximately 1337%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 115520 (1337%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45344 (1050%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.