NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 24% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 475 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 41 vs 28
- Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 140 vs 113
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 27 November 2009 vs 31 December 2007 |
Core clock speed | 589 MHz vs 475 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 41 vs 28 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 140 vs 113 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
- Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
- Around 36% better floating-point performance: 60.8 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
- Around 55% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 31 Watt
- Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 666 MHz
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1267 vs 1052
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1267 vs 1052
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 32 vs 16 |
Floating-point performance | 60.8 gflops vs 44.86 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 31 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz vs 666 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1267 vs 1052 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1267 vs 1052 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 41 | 28 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 140 | 113 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 2724 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1052 | 1267 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1052 | 1267 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Tesla |
Code name | GT218 | G84 |
Launch date | 27 November 2009 | 31 December 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1645 | 1646 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 589 MHz | 475 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 44.86 gflops | 60.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 16 | 32 |
Texture fill rate | 4.71 GTexel / s | 7.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 31 Watt | 20 Watt |
Transistor count | 260 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-II |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 5.33 GB / s | 22.4 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 |
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HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting) | ||
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PowerMizer 7.0 |