NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 540 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
5x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 357 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 August 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 16
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	357 vs 92

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 100 vs 72

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	100 vs 72

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

100

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	357	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	72	100
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G84
Launch date	21 August 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1373	1376
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	38.08 gflops
Gigaflops	240
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	64	16
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD