GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 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 RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 128 Watts (272%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2070 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 436352 (1948%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 is much (about 2250%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194400 (2250%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be a lot (more or less 1989%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85920 (1989%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.