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: 460 vs 159
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 94 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 460 vs 159
PassMark - G2D Mark 94 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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
460
159
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
94
28
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1338
1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2623
10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1338
1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2623
10
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark 460 159
PassMark - G2D Mark 94 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

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G84
Launch date 5 January 2011 17 April 2007
Place in performance rating 1541 1544
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

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

CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI