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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 uses a 80 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 540 MHz. The DDR2 RAM works at a frequency of 400 MHz on this specific model. It features 32 SPUs along with 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which has a core clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 47 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G 110 Watts
Difference: 63 Watts (134%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 2G should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G 179200 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 166400 (1300%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be much (approximately 622%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G 62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 53760 (622%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 2G is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G 31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 26880 (622%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 Radeon R7 370 2G
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year April 2007 June 2015
Code Name G84 Trinidad
Memory 512 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 975 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 5600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 110 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 179200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 62400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 31200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 1024
Texture Mapping Units 16 64
Render Output Units 8 32
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 28 nm
Transistors 289 million 2080 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 ×16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number 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 the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2

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Radeon R7 370 2G

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