GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 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 clocked the core speed at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1937 MHz on this specific model. It features 3072 SPUs along with 192 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 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% faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 495104 (3868%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (approximately 3567%) better at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 308160 (3567%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (approximately 2344%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.