NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS is a graphics card released on April 17, 2007, built on the Tesla architecture using a 80 nm process. It has 16 shading units, 512 MB of DDR2 memory on a 128-bit bus, 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 540 MHz and a 47 W board power rating. It scores 179 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 37 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS scores 179 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,224), measured across 95 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 82.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS averages DirectX 9 5 fps and DirectX 10 3 fps, across 95 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS states the PCIe 1.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 540 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-20. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS is based on the Tesla architecture, uses the G84 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 80 nm process, contains 289 million transistors and has a die size of 169 mm².
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS runs at a base clock of 540 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS is equipped with 512 MB of DDR2 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS has a board power rating of 47 W and it connects over PCIe 1.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS was released on April 17, 2007.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 8600GS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS has 512 MB of DDR2 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS has a board power rating of 47 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS scores 179 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,224.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS connects over PCIe 1.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS released?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS was released on April 17, 2007.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G84 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724); Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units (revision 1375708460).
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