GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700, which has GPU clock speed of 1465 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		47 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 133 Watts (283%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 445952 (3484%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be quite a bit (more or less 2342%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 202320 (2342%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is quite a bit (approximately 2070%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2, and will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 89440 (2070%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record 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 the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.