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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs Radeon HD 3650
IntroThe GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 has core clock speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 700 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 3650, which features a GPU core clock speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4 RAM set to run at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 120(24x5) Stream Processors, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe Radeon HD 3650, in theory, should be a small bit faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 will be much (more or less 49%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 3650. (explain)
Pixel RateIf running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)
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
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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