NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 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 8300 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 60 Watt
4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 28
44.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 441 vs 10
44.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 441 vs 10

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	441 vs 10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	441 vs 10

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 459 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 3.67 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
6.3x better floating-point performance: 92.8 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 159 vs 115

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.8 billion / sec vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	159 vs 115

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

159

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

441

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

441

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	159
PassMark - G2D Mark	111	28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	441	10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	441	10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1728

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G86	G84
Launch date	17 April 2007	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1543	1544
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	14.688 gflops	92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	32
Texture fill rate	3.67 GTexel / s	10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI