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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
312
123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
129
43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
835
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
835
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
1397
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
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

Essentials

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

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

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 2.1

Memory

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

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
SLI