NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
6.5x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
7x more pipelines: 112 vs 16
7.4x better floating-point performance: 280 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 maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 July 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 16
Floating-point performance	280 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	454 vs 92

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 100 vs 89

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	100 vs 89

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

100

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	454	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	89	100

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G84
Launch date	15 July 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$328.50
Place in performance rating	1347	1348
Price now	$328.50
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores per GPU	112
Floating-point performance	280 gflops	38.08 gflops
Gigaflops	420
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	112	16
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	754 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	1 GB	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
SLI