GeForce GTS 450 and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTS 450 vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GTS 450
1359
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GTS 450
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF106
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2010
April 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
None
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
783 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
601.3 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
1,170 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
32
Power consumption (TDP)
106 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
100 °C
-
Texture fill rate
25.1 billion/sec
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.7 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A