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GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 750

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 features clock speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 400 MHz on the 1024 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 750, which comes with a core clock speed of 1020 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 47 Watts
GeForce GTX 750 55 Watts
Difference: 8 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 750 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 80000 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 67200 (525%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 will be a lot (about 278%) better at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 32640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 24000 (278%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 750 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 16320 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 12000 (278%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 GeForce GTX 750
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 February 2014
Code Name G84 GM107
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 1020 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 5000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 55 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 80000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 32640 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 16320 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 512
Texture Mapping Units 16 32
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 28 nm
Transistors 289 million 1870 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.4

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per 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 called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2

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