
GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce GT 710 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GTS vs GeForce GT 710
GeForce 8600 GTS
153
GeForce GT 710
649
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce GT 710
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
G84
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2007
March 2014
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
675 MHz
954 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
366.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
192
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
95 °C
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
15.26
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126
3D Vision
-
+
PhysX
-
+
PureVideo
-
+