GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
April 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
602 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
240
-
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
32
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
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