GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 128 Watts (272%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 445952 (3484%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be quite a bit (approximately 2250%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194400 (2250%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be much (more or less 1989%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.