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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

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		121
PassMark - G2D Mark		44
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	1623	1620
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