GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which comes with GPU core speed of 1382 MHz, and 16384 MB of HBM2 RAM set to run at 1890 MHz through a 2048-bit bus. It also is comprised of 4096 Stream Processors, 256 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
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 253 Watts (538%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition will be 3771% quicker than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 482652 (3771%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition will be a lot (more or less 3995%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 345152 (3995%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition will be much (approximately 1947%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 84128 (1947%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.