Radeon RX Vega 24 Mobile vs GeForce 8600 GS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1339not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.55no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameG84Fenghuang
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (18 years ago)no data

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 cores16no data
Core clock speed540 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1190 MHz
Number of transistors289 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate4.320no data
Floating-point processing power0.03808 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no data
L2 Cache32 KBno 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed400 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 80 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 100 Watt

8600 GS has 112.8% lower power consumption.

RX Vega 24 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GS and Radeon RX Vega 24 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GS is a desktop graphics card while Radeon RX Vega 24 Mobile is a notebook one.

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NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 24 Mobile
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