GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce 9600 GSO 512 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GTS vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512
GeForce 8600 GTS
153
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
339
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G84
G94
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2007
October 2008
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
6-pin
SLI options
+
2-way
Core clock speed
675 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
48
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
15.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A