GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		47 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 103 Watts (219%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 will be 2204% faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 282112 (2204%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 is quite a bit (about 1937%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 167360 (1937%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be a lot (about 1937%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 83680 (1937%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred 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 RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.