NVIDIA NVS 300 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 300 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 300

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Around 37% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 20 Watt
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 121 vs 89
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 40 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2011 vs 1 May 2007
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 20 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	121 vs 89
PassMark - G2D Mark	40 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1095 vs 996
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1095 vs 996

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1095 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1095 vs 996

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

1095

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

1095

Name	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	89
PassMark - G2D Mark	40	34
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996	1095
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996	1095

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	8 January 2011	1 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1653	1650
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0