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GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) vs Radeon HD 6750
Intro
The GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) has core speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 400 MHz on the 256 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6750, which comes with a core clock speed of 725 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 720 SPUs, 36 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) |
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47 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6750 |
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86 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 6750 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6750 |
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64000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) |
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12800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6750 will be quite a bit (more or less 202%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GS (OEM). (explain)| Radeon HD 6750 |
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26100 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) |
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8640 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6750 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)| Radeon HD 6750 |
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11600 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) |
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4320 Mpixels/sec |
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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
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
GeForce 8600 GS (OEM)Amazon.com
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Radeon HD 6750Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) | Radeon HD 6750 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | April 2007 | January 2011 |
| Code Name | G84 | Juniper Pro |
| Fab Process | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 540 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1180 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 400 MHz (800 MHz effective) | 1000 MHz (4000 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 32 | 720 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 36 |
| Render Output Units | 8 | 16 |
| Bus Type | DDR2 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.0 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 47 watts | 86 watts |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 12800 MB/sec | 64000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 8640 Mtexels/sec | 26100 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 4320 Mpixels/sec | 11600 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated 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 DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.
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