GT 220 vs 8600 GTS

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated1170
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameG84GT216
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (16 years old)12 October 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $79.99
Current price$84 (0.4x MSRP)$121 (1.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3248
CUDA coresno data48
Core clock speed675 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors289 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt58 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate10.8 billion/sec9.840
Floating-point performance92.8 gflops144 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length198 mm6.6" (16.8 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz790 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s25.3 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoVGADVIHDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF + HDA

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.13.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8600 GTS 149
GT 220 214
+43.6%

GT 220 outperforms 8600 GTS by 44% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 17 April 2007 12 October 2009
Cost $199 $79.99
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 58 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce GT 220. We've got no test results to judge.


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