GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 6750 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6750 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 2150 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this particular model. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		47 Watts
Radeon RX 6750 XT		250 Watts
	Difference: 203 Watts (432%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6750 XT should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		442368 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 419968 (1875%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6750 XT is much (approximately 3881%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		344000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 335360 (3881%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6750 XT is much (approximately 3085%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		137600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 1GB GDDR3		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 133280 (3085%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.