GeForce4 4200 Go vs GeForce 8600M GT SLI

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1604
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	G8x (2007)	no data
GPU code name	NB8P-GS	NV28M
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 October 2007 (18 years ago)	15 November 2002 (23 years ago)

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	64	6
Core clock speed	475 MHz	2 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	200 MHz
Number of transistors	598 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	no data

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).

Laptop size

large

medium sized

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, GDDR2	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	200 MHz
Shared memory	-	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX

10

DDR

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2007	15 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	80 nm	150 nm