GeForce RTX 3080 vs 8600 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated26
Place by popularitynot in top-10087
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data46.20
Power efficiencyno data14.74
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG84GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 $699

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 cores328704
Core clock speed540 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors289 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate8.640465.1
Floating-point processing power0.07616 TFLOPS29.77 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs16272
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data68

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
Length170 mm285 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB10 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s760.3 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.18.5

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 GT 123
RTX 3080 25228
+20411%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 10 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 320 Watt

8600 GT has 580.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce RTX 3080. We've got no test results to judge.


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