GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1630, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1740 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a speed of 1500 MHz on this card. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		47 Watts
GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
	Difference: 28 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1630 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 85504 (668%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be a lot (more or less 544%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		8640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 47040 (544%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23520 (544%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 reach the max fill rate.