GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs ATI FireGL V3400
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R500 (2005−2007) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | RV530 | G84 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 October 2005 (20 years ago) | 17 April 2007 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $159 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 157 million | 289 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 47 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.000 | 9.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.0928 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 170 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | 24 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2005 | 17 April 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 80 nm |
8600 GT Mac Edition has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 13% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FireGL V3400 and GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FireGL V3400 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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