NVIDIA GeForce 8200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8200 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8200

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8200

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 47 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 156 vs 131
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 71 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	156 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark	71 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 600
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 600

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 600
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 600

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

600

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

600

1397

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8200	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	156	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	71	42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	600	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	600	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8200	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	C78	G84
Launch date	17 April 2007	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1620	1621
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	289 million
Floating-point performance		76.16 gflops
Pipelines		32
Texture fill rate		8.6 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI