NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 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 GTX 460
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 540 MHz
- 4.4x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
- 10.5x more pipelines: 336 vs 32
- 11.9x better floating-point performance: 907.2 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
- 5.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 700 MHz
- 17.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2272 vs 131
- 9.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 42
- 8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 449
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1397
- 8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 449
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1397
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 July 2010 vs 17 April 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz vs 540 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 37.8 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 336 vs 32 |
| Floating-point performance | 907.2 gflops vs 76.16 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 768 MB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 700 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2272 vs 131 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 388 vs 42 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 vs 449 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 1397 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 vs 449 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 1397 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
- 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 160 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 47 Watt vs 160 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2272 | 131 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 388 | 42 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 7860 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 21.445 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 617.847 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.823 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 27.222 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 40.61 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3351 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 | 449 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | 1397 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3351 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 | 449 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 | 1397 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla |
| Code name | GF104 | G84 |
| Launch date | 12 July 2010 | 17 April 2007 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $159 |
| Place in performance rating | 917 | 1621 |
| Price now | $89.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 34.71 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 540 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 907.2 gflops | 76.16 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Pipelines | 336 | 32 |
| Texture fill rate | 37.8 GTexel / s | 8.6 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 160 Watt | 47 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,950 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
| Height | 4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm) | 170 mm |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin & 6-pin | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.1 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 86.4 GB / s | 22.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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