Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 8 month(s) later
5581.4x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 8.6 billion / sec
20x more pipelines: 640 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 80 nm
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 47 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s vs 8.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Around 80% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150
PassMark - G3D Mark		131
PassMark - G2D Mark		42
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)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Tesla
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	G84
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1108	1621
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	640	32
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	47 Watt
Floating-point performance		76.16 gflops
Transistor count		289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	700 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI