GeForce 8600M GT SLI vs FirePro W5000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	592	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.63	no data
Power efficiency	7.28	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	G8x (2007)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	NB8P-GS
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	7 August 2012 (13 years ago)	23 October 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	64
Core clock speed	825 MHz	475 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	598 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	39.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.267 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	48	no data
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	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	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	183 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	no data
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	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	no data
DisplayPort count	2	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 August 2012	23 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	20 Watt