NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 450 MHz
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
- 2.1x better floating-point performance: 60.8 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
- Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 89
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1267 vs 1095
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1267 vs 1095
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 31 December 2007 vs 1 May 2007 |
Core clock speed | 475 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 32 vs 16 |
Floating-point performance | 60.8 gflops vs 28.8 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 113 vs 89 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1267 vs 1095 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1267 vs 1095 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
- Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 34 vs 28
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 34 vs 28 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 113 | 89 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 28 | 34 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1267 | 1095 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1267 | 1095 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G84 | G86 |
Launch date | 31 December 2007 | 1 May 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1649 | 1651 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 475 MHz | 450 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 60.8 gflops | 28.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 32 | 16 |
Texture fill rate | 7.6 GTexel / s | 3.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt | 20 Watt |
Transistor count | 289 million | 210 million |
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 | MXM-II |
Laptop size | medium sized | medium sized |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB / s | 12.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3, GDDR2 | GDDR3, GDDR2 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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PowerMizer 7.0 |