GeForce 8600 GT vs 9800 GTX+

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	987	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.03	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92B	G84
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 January 2009 (15 years ago)	17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$159
Current price	$151 (0.7x MSRP)	$182 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

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 cores	128	32
CUDA cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	738 MHz	540 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	141 Watt	47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion/sec	8.6 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops	76.16 gflops

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	170 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Standard memory config per GPU	no data	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	22.4 GB/s

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	HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	16 January 2009	17 April 2007
Cost	$229	$159
Chip lithography	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	141 Watt	47 Watt

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