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NVIDIA · Tesla (derived from codename prefix) · 2007

GeForce 8600 GTS

Memory512 MB52 of 290 in GeForce
Power60 W65 of 243 by higher draw in GeForce
Shaders3272 of 154 in GeForce
Launch price$19967 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
Bandwidth
32 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
32
SM count
4
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
FP32
92.8 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
5.4 GP/s
Texture fill rate
10.8 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
675 MHz

Board

TDP
60 W
Bus interface
1.0 x16
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
199 USD

Physical

Architecture
Tesla (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
G84-400-A2
Process
80 nm
Transistors
289 million
Die size
169 mm²
Series
GeForce
Launch date
April 17, 2007

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

Catalog context

Within its series, the GeForce 8600 GTS ranks 23rd of 50 for FP32 throughput and 52nd of 290 for memory capacity. Its 60 W TDP is within the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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