GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has GPU clock speed of 2321 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 2560 Stream Processors, 160 Texture Address Units, 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

In theory, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should perform much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general. (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 will be quite a bit (more or less 4198%) better 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

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be quite a bit (about 3339%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per 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. The number 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.