NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 31
19.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1267 vs 64
19.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1267 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 December 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1267 vs 64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1267 vs 64

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 28

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	83 vs 28

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1267

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1267

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
PassMark - G3D Mark	113	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	28	83
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1267	64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1267	64

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	C68
Launch date	31 December 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	1649	1652
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCI
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0