NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
VS
AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
VS
AMD Radeon Sky 500

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 Sky 500.

not rated
Place in performance rating
266
0.71
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla
Architecture
GCN 1.0
G84
Code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
27 March 2013 (8 years ago)
$159
Launch price (MSRP)
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$113 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$129
no data
Value for money
15.67
G84
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT  vs  AMD Radeon Sky 500 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
1280
540 MHz
Core clock speed
950 MHz
289 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
47 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
8.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
76.00
76.16 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,432 gflops
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
289 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
47 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon Sky 500 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
170 mm
Length
242 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Form factor
full height / full length

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 Sky 500.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
700 MHz
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
22.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
154 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 Sky 500.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
1x DisplayPort
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Dual-link DVI support
1
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DisplayPort count
1

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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
12 (11_1)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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 Sky 500 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 Sky 500
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon Sky 500
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
AMD Radeon Sky 500
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 $129)

Less power consumption (47 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon Sky 500

22.1% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (154 GB/s vs 22.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or AMD Radeon Sky 500?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Sky 500 .

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT versus AMD Radeon Sky 500 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

3.1 Out of 65 Hitesti Score
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