GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF100
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2010
April 2007
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
700 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
480
-
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
32
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
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