NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K600
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K600

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS and NVIDIA Quadro K600. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1057
Place in performance rating
727
2.82
Value for money (0-100)
25.03
Tesla
Architecture
Kepler
G84
Code name
GK107
Desktop
Type
Workstation
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
1 March 2013 (8 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$70 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
$326 (1.6x MSRP)
0.06
Value for money
0.18
G84
GPU code name
GK107
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS and NVIDIA Quadro K600 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

32
Pipelines
192
675 MHz
Core clock speed
876 MHz
289 million
Transistor count
1,270 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
60 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
41 Watt
10.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
14.02
92.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
336.4 gflops
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
289 million
Number of transistors
1,270 million
60 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
41 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS and NVIDIA Quadro K600.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
198 mm
Length
160 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data

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 GTS and NVIDIA Quadro K600 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1782 MHz
32 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
28.51 GB/s
256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS and NVIDIA Quadro K600, the size and number of monitors.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS and NVIDIA Quadro K600. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS and NVIDIA Quadro K600 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 GTS or NVIDIA Quadro K600 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA Quadro K600
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA Quadro K600
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA Quadro K600
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA Quadro K600
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA Quadro K600
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 GTS

Cheaper ($70 (0.4x MSRP) vs $326 (1.6x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (32 GB/s vs 28.51 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K600

2.74% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (192 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

Less power consumption (41 Watt vs 60 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS or NVIDIA Quadro K600?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro K600 .

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS versus NVIDIA Quadro K600 performance benchmarks comparison

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