AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- 32x more pipelines: 512 vs 16
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
Launch date | 26 Oct 2017 vs 17 April 2007 |
Pipelines | 512 vs 16 |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 80 nm |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1429 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 92 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 100 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Vega | Tesla |
Code name | Vega Raven Ridge | G84 |
Launch date | 26 Oct 2017 | 17 April 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1357 | 1354 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 512 | 16 |
Core clock speed | 540 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 38.08 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 4.32 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 47 Watt | |
Transistor count | 289 million | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | |
Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR2 |