NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 50% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 540 MHz
- Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
- 2x better floating-point performance: 155.5 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 47 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1024 MB vs 512 MB
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 312 vs 123
- 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 43
- Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 835 vs 449
- Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 835 vs 449
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 2 April 2012 vs 17 April 2007 |
Core clock speed | 810 MHz vs 540 MHz |
Pipelines | 48 vs 32 |
Floating-point performance | 155.5 gflops vs 76.16 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt vs 47 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1024 MB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 312 vs 123 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 129 vs 43 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 835 vs 449 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 835 vs 449 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
- Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
- 700x more memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
- Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 1155
- Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 1155
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 8.6 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec |
Memory clock speed | 700 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1397 vs 1155 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1397 vs 1155 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 312 | 123 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 129 | 43 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 1281 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 2.471 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 77.99 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.233 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 6.018 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 4.053 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 555 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 835 | 449 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1155 | 1397 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 555 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 835 | 449 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1155 | 1397 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 87 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Tesla |
Code name | GF119 | G84 |
Launch date | 2 April 2012 | 17 April 2007 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $39.99 | $159 |
Place in performance rating | 1627 | 1624 |
Price now | $39.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 10.13 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 810 MHz | 540 MHz |
CUDA cores | 48 | |
Floating-point performance | 155.5 gflops | 76.16 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 102 °C | |
Pipelines | 48 | 32 |
Texture fill rate | 6.5 billion / sec | 8.6 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt | 47 Watt |
Transistor count | 292 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | |
Height | 2.7" (6.9 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | 170 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.2 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 22.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1.8 GB/s | 700 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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