ASUS GeForce 8600GTS DDR3

ASUS GeForce 8600GTS DDR3

ASUS
13 Overall Score
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6

Sapphire
77 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
ASUS
57
Sapphire
87
Ray Tracing
ASUS
6
Sapphire
81
Gaming 1080p
ASUS
10
Sapphire
78
Gaming 1440p
ASUS
8
Sapphire
78
Gaming 4k
ASUS
6
Sapphire
78
Content Creation
ASUS
12
Sapphire
77
Workstation
ASUS
13
Sapphire
70
Ai Llm
ASUS
10
Sapphire
67

Specifications

ASUS GeForce 8600GTSSapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE
Chipset
GPU ChipsetGeForce 8600GTSRadeon RX 7900 GRE
BrandNVIDIAAMD
Architecture—RDNA 3
Classconsumerconsumer
Process—5★
Memory
VRAM—16 GB★
Memory TypeDDR3GDDR6★
Memory Bus
128
256
BandwidthNo data
576
Compute
Stream ProcessorsNo data
5,120
Tensor CoresNo data
160
RT Cores—80★
Base Clock
675
1,925
Boost Clock
675
2,290
FP16 TFLOPS—91.95999908447266★
FP32 TFLOPS—45.97999954223633★
Performance
PassMark G3DNo data
27,442
GPU ComputeNo data
15,147
Power & Cooling
TDP—268★
Recommended PSU—700★
Power Connectors—2 x 8-Pin
CoolerPassiveTriple Fan★
Fans03★
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express X16PCI Express 4.0 x16
DisplayPort02★
HDMI02★
Max Displays—4★
Max Resolution3840 x 24007680 x 4320
Physical
Length—320★
Slot Width—2.5★
Form Factor—ATX
Weight1.50 kg★1.63 kg
Features
Ray Tracing—✓★
Upscaling—DLSS 3
AV1 Encode—✓★
DirectX—12 Ultimate

Pros & Cons

ASUS GeForce 8600GTS DDR3

  • Strong affordability (84th percentile)84th %ile
  • Below average ai (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
  • Below average rt (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
  • Below average vram (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
  • Below average efficiency (2nd percentile)2nd %ile

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6

  • Strong compute (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Strong rt (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong ai (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong connectivity (86th percentile)86th %ile

Pricing

ASUS GeForce 8600GTS DDR3

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6

Verdict

★ Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE

Scores 77 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 25 of 36 specs.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation

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