GeForce 8600 GT vs GTX 760 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1309
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.47
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGK104G84
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 November 2016 (8 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159

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 cores134432
Core clock speed993 MHz540 MHz
Boost clock speed1046 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate117.28.640
Floating-point processing power2.812 TFLOPS0.07616 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs11216

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
Length241 mm170 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
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 GB512 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s22.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1N/A
CUDA3.01.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 November 2016 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 47 Watt

GTX 760 OEM has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

8600 GT, on the other hand, has 261.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 760 OEM and GeForce 8600 GT. We've got no test results to judge.


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