GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1465 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 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 RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 133 Watts (283%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 445952 (3484%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is quite a bit (more or less 2342%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 202320 (2342%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be a lot (approximately 2070%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can 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 colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.