NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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 550 Ti
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- 3.3x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 540 MHz
- 3.3x more texture fill rate: 28.8 billion / sec vs 8.6 billion / sec
- 6x more pipelines: 192 vs 32
- 9.1x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1026 MHz vs 700 MHz
- 11.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1557 vs 131
- 9.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 vs 42
- 7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 449
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 1397
- 7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 449
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 1397
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 15 March 2011 vs 17 April 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 540 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 28.8 billion / sec vs 8.6 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 192 vs 32 |
| Floating-point performance | 691.2 gflops vs 76.16 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 1026 MHz vs 700 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1557 vs 131 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 382 vs 42 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3351 vs 449 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3322 vs 1397 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3351 vs 449 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3322 vs 1397 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 116 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 47 Watt vs 116 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1557 | 131 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 382 | 42 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 5750 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 18.461 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 354.392 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.125 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 18.511 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 41.941 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2488 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3351 | 449 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3322 | 1397 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2488 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3351 | 449 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3322 | 1397 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 322 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Tesla |
| Code name | GF116 | G84 |
| Launch date | 15 March 2011 | 17 April 2007 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | $159 |
| Place in performance rating | 1019 | 1621 |
| Price now | $287.59 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 7.49 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1800 MHz | 540 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 192 | |
| Floating-point performance | 691.2 gflops | 76.16 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 100 °C | |
| Pipelines | 192 | 32 |
| Texture fill rate | 28.8 billion / sec | 8.6 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 116 Watt | 47 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,170 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x 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" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 8.25" (21 cm) | 170 mm |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | One 6-pin | 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 | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 98.4 GB / s | 22.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1026 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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