GeForce RTX 4060 Ti vs 8600 GTS

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

8600 GTS
2007
256 MB GDDR3, 60 Watt
0.41

RTX 4060 Ti outperforms 8600 GTS by a whopping 14376% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking125134
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0183.14
Power efficiency0.4725.42
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG84AD106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4060 Ti has 831300% 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 cores324352
Core clock speed675 MHz2310 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2535 MHz
Number of transistors289 million22,900 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate10.80344.8
Floating-point processing power0.0928 TFLOPS22.06 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs16136
Tensor Coresno data136
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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 x8
Length198 mm240 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s288.0 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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.9

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 4060 Ti 59.35
+14376%

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 4060 Ti 22865
+14372%

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 0.41 59.35
Recency 17 April 2007 18 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 160 Watt

8600 GTS has 166.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4060 Ti, on the other hand, has a 14375.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600 GTS in performance tests.


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