NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 4.71 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Around 56% better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 41 vs 34
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 143 vs 89

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 November 2009 vs 1 May 2007
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	41 vs 34
PassMark - G3D Mark	143 vs 89

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Around 55% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 31 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1095 vs 1052
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1095 vs 1052

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1095 vs 1052
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1095 vs 1052

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1052

1095

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1052

1095

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	41	34
PassMark - G3D Mark	143	89
Geekbench - OpenCL	2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1052	1095
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1052	1095

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	27 November 2009	1 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1654	1651
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0