GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce 8600 GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce 8600 GS
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce 8600 GS
94
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce 8600 GS
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GP106
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
April 2007
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
540 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
16
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
47 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
4.320
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A