NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- 3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
- 2.5x better floating-point performance: 230.4 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 60 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 458 vs 159
- 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 93 vs 28
- 262.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2623 vs 10
- 262.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2623 vs 10
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 January 2011 vs 17 April 2007 |
| Pipelines | 96 vs 32 |
| Floating-point performance | 230.4 gflops vs 92.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt vs 60 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 458 vs 159 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 93 vs 28 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2623 vs 10 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2623 vs 10 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
- Around 13% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 600 MHz
- Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec
- Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1728 vs 1338
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1728 vs 1338
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz vs 600 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1728 vs 1338 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1728 vs 1338 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 458 | 159 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 93 | 28 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 1864 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 5.099 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 131.334 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.355 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 6.733 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 8.015 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 911 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1338 | 1728 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2623 | 10 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 911 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1338 | 1728 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2623 | 10 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla |
| Code name | GF108 | G84 |
| Launch date | 5 January 2011 | 17 April 2007 |
| Place in performance rating | 1542 | 1545 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 675 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 96 | |
| Floating-point performance | 230.4 gflops | 92.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Pipelines | 96 | 32 |
| Texture fill rate | 9.6 billion / sec | 10.8 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Length | 198 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 10.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB / s | 32 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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