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NVIDIA · Tesla (derived from codename prefix) · 2007

GeForce 8600 GT

Memory512 MB52 of 290 in GeForce
Power47 W93 of 243 by higher draw in GeForce
Shaders3272 of 154 in GeForce
Launch price$159102 of 161 in GeForce

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

169 mm² die · 32 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 1 shader.169 mm² die · 32 shadersEach dot = 1 shaderDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Specifications

Memory

Capacity
512 MB
Type
GDDR3
Bus width
128 bit
Memory clock
700 MHz
Bandwidth
22.4 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
32
SM count
4
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
FP32
76.16 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
4.32 GP/s
Texture fill rate
8.64 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
540 MHz

Board

TDP
47 W
Bus interface
PCIe
External power required
No
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
159 USD

Physical

Architecture
Tesla (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
G84-303-A2
Transistors
289 million
Die size
169 mm²
Series
GeForce
Launch date
April 17, 2007

Not recorded by the source: generation, process, boost clock and fp64.

Catalog context

Within its series, the GeForce 8600 GT ranks 27th of 50 for FP32 throughput and 52nd of 290 for memory capacity. Its 47 W TDP is within the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16