NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + 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, 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 7100 + nForce 630i

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 90 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 December 2007 vs 4 October 2007
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	90 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 475 MHz
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 37 vs 29

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 475 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	37 vs 29

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
PassMark - G3D Mark	90	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	29	37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1267
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1267

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	C73
Launch date	31 December 2007	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1646	1648
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	600 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