NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
1057
0.71
Value for money (0-100)
2.82
Tesla
Architecture
Tesla
G84
Code name
G84
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
$159
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$113 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$70 (0.4x MSRP)
no data
Value for money
0.06
G84
GPU code name
G84
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

32
Pipelines
32
540 MHz
Core clock speed
675 MHz
289 million
Transistor count
289 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
47 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
8.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
76.16 gflops
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
289 million
Number of transistors
289 million
47 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
60 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
170 mm
Length
198 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
+

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
700 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
22.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
2.1
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Less power consumption (47 Watt vs 60 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256 MB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

0.26% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($70 (0.4x MSRP) vs $113 (0.7x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (32 GB/s vs 22.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS .

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT versus NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS performance benchmarks comparison

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