NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G100 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 G100 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 47 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 63 vs 42
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 176 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	63 vs 42
PassMark - G3D Mark	176 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
3.7x better floating-point performance: 76.16 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 593
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 593

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 593

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

1397

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	42
PassMark - G3D Mark	176	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	593	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	593	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G84
Launch date	10 March 2009	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1623	1625
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	32
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI