NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 60 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 9.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.8 billion / sec vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark		159
PassMark - G2D Mark		28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1728

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	G84
Launch date	17 April 2007	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$199
Place in performance rating	not rated	1544
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	92.8 gflops	92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	32
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s	10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	24 GB / s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
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