GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 1070

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1070, which comes with GPU core speed of 1506 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1920 Stream Processors, 120 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 103 Watts (219%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1070 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 249344 (1948%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is quite a bit (about 1992%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 172080 (1992%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.