NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6670
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6670

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6670.

not rated
Place in performance rating
744
0.71
Value for money (0-100)
7.74
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 2
G84
Code name
Turks
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
19 April 2011 (10 years ago)
$159
Launch price (MSRP)
$99
$113 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$159 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
no data
Value for money
0.26
G84
GPU code name
Turks
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6670 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

32
Pipelines
480
540 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
800 MHz
289 million
Transistor count
716 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
47 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
66 Watt
8.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
19.20
76.16 gflops
Floating-point performance
768.0 gflops
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
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Boost clock speed
800 MHz
289 million
Number of transistors
716 million
47 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
66 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon HD 6670 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
170 mm
Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
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Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs AMD Radeon HD 6670.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
700 MHz
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
22.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs AMD Radeon HD 6670.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon HD 6670 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
2.1
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon HD 6670 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or AMD Radeon HD 6670 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon HD 6670
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon HD 6670
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon HD 6670
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon HD 6670
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon HD 6670
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Cheaper ($113 (0.7x MSRP) vs $159 (1.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (47 Watt vs 66 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6670

2.68% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (480 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (64 GB/s vs 22.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or AMD Radeon HD 6670?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6670 .

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT versus AMD Radeon HD 6670 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.1 Out of 65 Hitesti Score
4.2 Out of 66 Hitesti Score