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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs GeForce RTX 4090

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 makes use of a 80 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 540 MHz. The DDR2 memory works at a speed of 400 MHz on this model. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 4090, which uses a 4 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 2235 MHz. The GDDR6X memory is set to run at a speed of 1325 MHz on this model. It features 16384 SPUs along with 512 TAUs and 176 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 47 Watts
GeForce RTX 4090 450 Watts
Difference: 403 Watts (857%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 4090 will be 8044% faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4090 1042432 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 1029632 (8044%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4090 is quite a bit (more or less 13144%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4090 1144320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 1135680 (13144%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 4090 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4090 393360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 389040 (9006%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 GeForce RTX 4090
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 October 2022
Code Name G84 AD102
Memory 512 MB 24576 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 2235 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 2650 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 450 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 1042432 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 1144320 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 393360 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 16384
Texture Mapping Units 16 512
Render Output Units 8 176
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR6X
Bus Width 128-bit 384-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 4 nm
Transistors 289 million 76300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

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

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