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).
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 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 1545 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 170 mm | 198 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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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