NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 2016 MHz vs 800 MHz
Core clock speed 675 MHz vs 625 MHz
Memory clock speed 2016 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

  • 2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Pipelines 64 vs 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Essentials

Architecture Tesla G8x
Code name G84 NB8E-SE
Launch date 21 September 2007 18 September 2007
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 675 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 32 64
Texture fill rate 10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 58 Watt
Transistor count 289 million 578 Million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 10.0 10
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 32.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2016 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0

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