NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 100.4 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • 2.6x more memory clock speed: 1794 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 320 vs 131
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 164 vs 42
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 764 vs 449
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 764 vs 449
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 April 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Pipelines 48 vs 32
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed 1794 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 320 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 164 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 764 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 764 vs 449

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 523 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 4.184 GTexel / s
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 1131
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 1131
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 540 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate 8.6 billion / sec vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1397 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1397 vs 1131

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
320
131
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
164
42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
764
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1131
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
764
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1131
1397
Name NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 320 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 164 42
Geekbench - OpenCL 968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 53.127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.049
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 764 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1131 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 764 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1131 1397

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF119 G84
Launch date 2 April 2012 17 April 2007
Place in performance rating 1578 1621
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $159

Technical info

Core clock speed 523 MHz 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 48 32
Texture fill rate 4.184 GTexel / s 8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.35 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1794 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

SLI