NVIDIA Tesla D870 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla D870 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla D870
- Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
- 60.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
- 16x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 16
- 24x better floating-point performance: 2x 345.6 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
- 6x more maximum memory size: 2x 1536 MB vs 512 MB
- 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Core clock speed | 600 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2x 128 vs 16 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 345.6 gflops vs 28.8 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 2x 1536 MB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
- 26x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 520 Watt
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 520 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla D870
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Name | NVIDIA Tesla D870 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 70 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 35 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1095 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1095 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Tesla D870 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G80 | G86 |
Launch date | 2 May 2007 | 1 May 2007 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $7,499 | |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1650 |
Type | Workstation | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 450 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2x 345.6 gflops | 28.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 2x 128 | 16 |
Texture fill rate | 2x 19.2 GTexel / s billion / sec | 3.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 520 Watt | 20 Watt |
Transistor count | 681 million | 210 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | MXM-II |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2x 1536 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 2x 76.8 GB / s | 12.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 2x 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3, GDDR2 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting) | ||
PCI-E 16x | ||
PowerMizer 7.0 |