GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GTX 1070

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1070, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this card. It features 1920 SPUs along with 120 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 103 Watts (219%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 239744 (1070%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be much (about 1992%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 172080 (1992%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 92064 (2131%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.