GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1937 MHz on this card. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 TAUs 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
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 203 Watts (432%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be 3868% quicker than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 495104 (3868%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is much (more or less 3567%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 308160 (3567%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 101280 (2344%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.