GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs GTX 1050 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking328not rated
Place by popularity5not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.97no data
Power efficiency15.22no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGP107G84
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)21 September 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$139 no data

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 cores76832
Core clock speed1291 MHz675 MHz
Boost clock speed1392 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate66.8210.80
Floating-point processing power2.138 TFLOPS0.0928 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs4816

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 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s32.26 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 October 2016 21 September 2007
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 80 nm

GTX 1050 Ti has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

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