NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX150 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX150

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 74% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • 5.5x more texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
  • 12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
  • 14.8x better floating-point performance: 1,127 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 7.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 17.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2259 vs 131
  • 5.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 213 vs 42
  • 8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 449
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1397
  • 8.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 449
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1397
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed 937 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 32
Floating-point performance 1,127 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 47 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2259 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 1397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2259
131
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
1397
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 2259 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 42
Geekbench - OpenCL 9584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 45.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 495.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 145.794
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 1397
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 999

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name GP108 G84
Launch date 17 May 2017 17 April 2007
Place in performance rating 875 1621
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $159

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,127 gflops 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 32
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s 8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 170 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

SLI