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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

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
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 170
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 26

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 170
PassMark - G2D Mark	50 vs 26

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

554

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	554	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	26
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
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G84
Launch date	15 June 2009	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1537	1539
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
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
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI