NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 675 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
11.4x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 60 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 32
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629
PassMark - G3D Mark		170
PassMark - G2D Mark		26
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1728

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP108	G84
Launch date	12 March 2018	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$199
Place in performance rating	1476	1539
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384	32
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	60 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	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
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