GeForce 8600M GT SLI vs 7000M

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataG8x (2007)
GPU code nameC67NB8P-GS
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2006 (18 years ago)23 October 2007 (17 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores364
Core clock speed1 MHz475 MHz
Boost clock speed350 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data598 Million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data20 Watt

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 sizeno datalarge

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 typeshared MemoryGDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data700 MHz
Shared memory+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXshared Memory10

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2006 23 October 2007
Chip lithography 90 nm 80 nm

8600M GT SLI has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 12.5% more advanced lithography process.

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