NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • 3.8x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
  • 12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
  • 13.9x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 700 MHz
Launch date 12 March 2018 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed 1152 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.1 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 32
Floating-point performance 1,059 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 47 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 2100 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 620
PassMark - G3D Mark 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1397

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name GP108 G84
Launch date 12 March 2018 17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $159
Place in performance rating 1625 1624
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1379 MHz
Core clock speed 1152 MHz 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,059 gflops 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 32
Texture fill rate 33.1 GTexel / s 8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 16.8 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2100 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type DDR4 GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

SLI