Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce 8600 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated28
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data50.43
Power efficiencyno data15.60
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG84Navi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)28 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores164608
Core clock speed540 MHz1825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2250 MHz
Number of transistors289 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate4.320648.0
Floating-point processing power0.03808 TFLOPS20.74 TFLOPS
ROPs8128
TMUs8288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 GS 91
RX 6800 XT 25027
+27402%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 300 Watt

8600 GS has 538.3% lower power consumption.

RX 6800 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GS and Radeon RX 6800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
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