NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

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 GTX 1050  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

250
Place in performance rating
not rated
40.57
Value for money (0-100)
0.71
Pascal
Architecture
Tesla
GP107
Code name
G84
Desktop
Type
Desktop
25 October 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
$159
$349 (3.2x MSRP)
Price now
$113 (0.7x MSRP)
15.09
Value for money
no data
N17P-G1
GPU code name
G84
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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.

640
Pipelines
32
1290 MHz
Core clock speed
540 MHz
1392 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
3,300 million
Transistor count
289 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
47 Watt
58.20
Texture fill rate
8.6 billion/sec
1,862 gflops
Floating-point performance
76.16 gflops
97 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
640
CUDA cores
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
1392 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,300 million
Number of transistors
289 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
47 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
170 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
+
300 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
2-slot
Width
no data
4.38" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data
-
SLI
no data

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 GTX 1050 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7008 MHz
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data
no data
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2.2
HDCP
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

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

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
+
3D Vision
no data
3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
ShadowWorks
no data
+
GameStream
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.5
OpenGL
2.1
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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 GTX 1050 or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 133 62 40.8 25.9
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 177 62.2 38.2 30.7 19
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 52.5 39.3 31.3 28.2
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
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 GTX 1050

25.58% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (112 GB/s vs 22.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Cheaper ($113 (0.7x MSRP) vs $349 (3.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (47 Watt vs 75 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 versus NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT performance benchmarks comparison

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User rating

3.9 Out of 599 Hitesti Score
3.0 Out of 66 Hitesti Score