GeForce 8500 GT vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which features GPU clock speed of 1506 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 1152 SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8500 GT		45 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be 1436% quicker than the GeForce 8500 GT overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 183808 (1436%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (approximately 2912%) better at AF than the GeForce 8500 GT. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		3600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 104832 (2912%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be quite a bit (approximately 3916%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8500 GT, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		1800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70488 (3916%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.