AMD Radeon HD 8250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8250

• Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• 4x more pipelines: 128 vs 32
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
• Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 43
• Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 212 vs 123
• Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 628 vs 449
• Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 628 vs 449

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

• Around 80% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 300 MHz
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 1343
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 1343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	59 43
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	212 123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	628 449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	628 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1343 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1343 1397

Compare specifications (specs)