GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700, which has a core clock speed of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 133 Watts (283%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 436352 (1948%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be quite a bit (about 2342%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 202320 (2342%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be a lot (approximately 2070%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted 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 the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.