AMD Radeon HD 6480G vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6480G and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6480G

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6480G

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
7.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 80 nm
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 26
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 257 vs 170
169.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1696 vs 10
169.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1696 vs 10

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2011 vs 17 April 2007
Pipelines	240 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 26
PassMark - G3D Mark	257 vs 170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1696 vs 10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1696 vs 10

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Around 52% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 444 MHz
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1728 vs 1082
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1728 vs 1082

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 444 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1728 vs 1082
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1728 vs 1082

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6480G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

257

170

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1082

1728

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1082

1728

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1696

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1696

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6480G	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Geekbench - OpenCL	673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	592
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	26
PassMark - G3D Mark	257	170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1082	1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1082	1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1696	10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1696	10

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6480G	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	Tesla
Code name	Llano	G84
Launch date	15 June 2011	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1536	1539
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	444 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	240	32
Transistor count	1000 Million	289 million
Floating-point performance		92.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		60 Watt
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		32 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
Technologies
SLI