NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
- 3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
- 2.6x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 60 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 150
- Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 29
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 15 June 2009 vs 17 April 2007 |
Texture fill rate | 16 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 96 vs 32 |
Floating-point performance | 240 gflops vs 92.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 28 Watt vs 60 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 554 vs 150 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 50 vs 29 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
- Around 35% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 500 MHz
Core clock speed | 675 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 554 | 150 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 50 | 29 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 8215 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 10 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 10 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1728 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1728 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Tesla |
Code name | GT215 | G84 |
Launch date | 15 June 2009 | 17 April 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1535 | 1538 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 675 MHz |
CUDA cores | 96 | |
Floating-point performance | 240 gflops | 92.8 gflops |
Gigaflops | 360 | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 96 | 32 |
Texture fill rate | 16 GTexel / s | 10.8 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 28 Watt | 60 Watt |
Transistor count | 727 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
Length | 198 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB / s | 32 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory type | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
HybridPower | ||
MXM 3.0 Type-B | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PowerMizer 8.0 | ||
SLI |