GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GT vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 8800 GT
495
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G92
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2007
April 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
2-way
+
Core clock speed
600 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
32
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
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
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-