GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1060, which comes with a clock speed of 1506 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is comprised of 1280 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		47 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 73 Watts (155%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1060 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 183808 (1436%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (about 1294%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 111840 (1294%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (more or less 1573%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67968 (1573%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.