NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 470 MHz
Core clock speed | 500 MHz vs 470 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 145 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 38 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
Code name | G84 | C73 |
Launch date | 5 October 2007 | 4 October 2007 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1132 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 470 MHz | 500 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 60.16 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 32 | |
Texture fill rate | 7.52 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt | |
Transistor count | 289 million | 112 million |
Boost clock speed | 630 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-II | PCI |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | |
Memory bandwidth | 20.32 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR3 |