XGI Volari 8600 XT vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking491not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.06no data
Power efficiency4.47no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGK106XG45
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 March 2013 (11 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 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 cores768no data
Core clock speed980 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed1033 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)134 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate66.053.600
Floating-point processing power1.585 TFLOPSno data
ROPs244
TMUs648

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
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 GB256 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s450 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s14.4 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support4 Displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0c
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.32.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm

GTX 650 Ti Boost has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost and XGI Volari 8600 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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