AMD Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 655 / 600 MHz vs 540 MHz
23x more pipelines: 736 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 / 40 nm vs 80 nm
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 700 MHz

Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	655 / 600 MHz vs 540 MHz
Pipelines	736 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	32 / 40 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	5629
PassMark - G3D Mark		123
PassMark - G2D Mark		43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1397

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla
Launch date	15 May 2012	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1627	1624
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		G84
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Core clock speed	655 / 600 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 / 40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	736	32
Floating-point performance		76.16 gflops
Texture fill rate		8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		47 Watt
Transistor count		289 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	700 MHz
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory type		GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Technologies
SLI