Radeon RX 470D vs GeForce 8600 GT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1349not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.55no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameG84Ellesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (18 years ago)21 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores321792
Core clock speed540 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1206 MHz
Number of transistors289 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate8.640135.1
Floating-point processing power0.07616 TFLOPS4.322 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs16112
L1 Cacheno data448 KB
L2 Cache32 KB2 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length170 mm241 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s211.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 21 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 120 Watt

8600 GT has 155.3% lower power consumption.

RX 470D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT and Radeon RX 470D. We've got no test results to judge.

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