GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs Radeon RX Vega M GL
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 511 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.25 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 22 | G84 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 February 2018 (8 years ago) | 21 September 2007 (18 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 | 1280 | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 931 MHz | 675 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1011 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 289 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.88 | 10.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.588 TFLOPS | 0.0928 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 80 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 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 | IGP | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | HBM2 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 1024 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 1008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 32.26 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 12 (12_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2018 | 21 September 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 75 Watt |
RX Vega M GL has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 471% more advanced lithography process, and 15% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega M GL and GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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