GeForce 8500 GT vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which comes with core clock speeds of 1506 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 72 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1436% faster than the GeForce 8500 GT overall, due to its greater 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 is much (more or less 2912%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8500 GT. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, by a large margin. (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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at 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 the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.