GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5600, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 103 Watts (219%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 should be 1217% quicker than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 272512 (1217%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 is quite a bit (about 1937%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 167360 (1937%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 is much (more or less 1937%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.