GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce 9800 GTX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GTS vs GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 8600 GTS
153
GeForce 9800 GTX
792
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 9800 GTX
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G84
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2007
March 2008
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
675 MHz
675 MHz
CUDA cores
-
128
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
128
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
43.2 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
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
70.4 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
Via Adapter
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