GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon RX 6750 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6750 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 2150 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this particular card. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 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 6750 XT		250 Watts
	Difference: 203 Watts (432%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6750 XT should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		442368 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 429568 (3356%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6750 XT should be a lot (more or less 3881%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		344000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 335360 (3881%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6750 XT is quite a bit (approximately 3085%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		137600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.