GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1575 MHz. The GDDR6X RAM runs at a speed of 1188 MHz on this specific model. It features 6144 SPUs as well as 192 Texture Address Units and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 243 Watts (517%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 600499 (2681%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is quite a bit (more or less 3400%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 293760 (3400%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 146880 (3400%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of 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 the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.