GeForce 8600 GT vs Radeon HD 7850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce 8600 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7850
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 130 Watt
10.05
+3041%

HD 7850 outperforms 8600 GT by a whopping 3041% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4511310
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.94no data
Power efficiency5.300.47
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code namePitcairnG84
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date5 March 2012 (12 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 $159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7850 and 8600 GT have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores102432
Core clock speedno data540 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate55.048.640
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPS0.07616 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs6416

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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length210 mm170 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s22.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-1.1

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.

HD 7850 10.05
+3041%
8600 GT 0.32

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.

HD 7850 3871
+3047%
8600 GT 123

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.05 0.32
Recency 5 March 2012 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 47 Watt

HD 7850 has a 3040.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

8600 GT, on the other hand, has 176.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7850 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600 GT in performance tests.


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