GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3		47 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 113 Watts (240%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 XT is 1436% faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 321664 (1436%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is much (more or less 2192%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 189360 (2192%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in 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 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.