GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GTX 1080
16002
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
April 2007
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
None
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
-
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
32
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
-
Texture fill rate
277.3
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Ansel
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-