GeForce GTX 560 and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GTX 560
2822
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GTX 560
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF114
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2011
April 2007
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
810 MHz
540 MHz
Floating-point performance
1,088.6 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
32
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
99 °C
-
Texture fill rate
45.36
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
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
4.1
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-