GeForce 810M vs GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, which has GPU clock speed of 540 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM set to run at 700 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 32 Stream Processors, 16 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (213%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce 810M in general. (explain)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (56%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 will be a lot (approximately 46%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2736 (46%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1368 (46%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 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 number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.