GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which features GPU core speed of 2321 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 183 Watts (389%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 380416 (2972%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is quite a bit (about 4198%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 362720 (4198%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 144224 (3339%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 reach the maximum fill rate.