NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 450 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
8.3x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 89
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 69 vs 34
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3123 vs 1095
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3123 vs 1095

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 1 May 2007
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 16
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 89
PassMark - G2D Mark	69 vs 34
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123 vs 1095
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123 vs 1095

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 28 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 28 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

1095

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

1095

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	89
PassMark - G2D Mark	69	34
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	1095
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	1095
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G86
Launch date	7 January 2010	1 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1412	1651
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	28.8 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	96	16
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	medium sized
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0