GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon VII, which features GPU core speed of 1400 MHz, and 16384 MB of HBM2 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 4096-bit bus. It also features 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 248 Watts (528%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon VII should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 1035776 (8092%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII will be quite a bit (approximately 3789%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 327360 (3789%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon VII is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, by far. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85280 (1974%)

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 MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.