GeForce RTX 4070 Ti vs 8600 GTS

Place in the ranking	1251	6
Place by popularity	not in top-100	95
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	48.92
Power efficiency	0.47	19.89
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	G84	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	17 April 2007 (17 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 Ti has 489100% better value for money than 8600 GTS.

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 cores	32	7680
Core clock speed	675 MHz	2310 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2610 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	285 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.80	626.4
Floating-point processing power	0.0928 TFLOPS	40.09 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	80
TMUs	16	240
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	60

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	198 mm	285 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 16-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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	12 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8600 GTS 0.41

RTX 4070 Ti 82.58
+20041%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

8600 GTS 158

RTX 4070 Ti 31810
+20033%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −23100%	232 +23100%
1440p	0−1	152
4K	-0−1	96

Cost per frame, $

1080p	199.00	3.44
1440p	no data	5.26
4K	no data	8.32

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

236

+0%

236

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	218 +0%	218 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	290−300 +0%	290−300 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	350−400 +0%	350−400 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	185 +0%	185 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	290−300 +0%	290−300 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	473 +0%	473 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	167 +0%	167 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	351 +0%	351 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	410 +0%	410 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	222 +0%	222 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	152 +0%	152 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	105 +0%	105 +0%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	273 +0%	273 +0%
Metro Exodus	148 +0%	148 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	280 +0%	280 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Hitman 3	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	149 +0%	149 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	48 +0%	48 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140 +0%	140 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	68 +0%	68 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−105

+0%

100−105

+0%

This is how 8600 GTS and RTX 4070 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 Ti is 23100% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.41	82.58
Recency	17 April 2007	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	12 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	285 Watt

8600 GTS has 375% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 Ti, on the other hand, has a 20041.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1900% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600 GTS in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.