GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, which has a clock frequency of 1607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is comprised of 2432 SPUs, 152 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 133 Watts (283%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 239744 (1070%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is a lot (about 2727%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 235624 (2727%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 98528 (2281%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.