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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 features a GPU core speed of 540 MHz, and the 512 MB of DDR2 memory runs at 400 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 32 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3584 Stream Processors, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 47 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 170 Watts
Difference: 123 Watts (262%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 368640 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 355840 (2780%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be much (more or less 1611%) better at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 139200 (1611%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (more or less 1367%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 59040 (1367%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 GeForce RTX 3060
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 February 2021
Code Name G84 GA106
Memory 512 MB (Unknown) MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 1320 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 3750 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 170 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 368640 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 147840 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 63360 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 3584
Texture Mapping Units 16 112
Render Output Units 8 48
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR6
Bus Width 128-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 8 nm
Transistors 289 million 13250 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 the graphics card can possibly write to the 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 speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2

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