NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 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: 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 710

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 675 MHz
  • Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 15.26 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
  • 6x more pipelines: 192 vs 32
  • 3.9x better floating-point performance: 366.3 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 623 vs 170
  • 8.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 26
  • 183.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1833 vs 10
  • 183.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1833 vs 10
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 March 2014 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.26 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 192 vs 32
Floating-point performance 366.3 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 623 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 212 vs 26
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1833 vs 10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1833 vs 10

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

  • 1000x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1728 vs 1494
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1728 vs 1494
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1728 vs 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1728 vs 1494

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
623
170
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
212
26
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1494
1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1494
1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
10
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark 623 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 212 26
Geekbench - OpenCL 1946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 100.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1494 1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1833 10
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1494 1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1833 10
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 192

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Tesla
Code name GK208B G84
Launch date 27 March 2014 17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $34.99 $199
Place in performance rating 1488 1539
Price now $34.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 23.15

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 675 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 366.3 gflops 92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 95 °C
Pipelines 192 32
Texture fill rate 15.26 GTexel / s 10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
PhysX
PureVideo
SLI