UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) vs GeForce 8600 GS

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1001
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.63
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Gen. 11 (2021)
GPU code nameG84Gen. 11
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 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 cores1624
Core clock speed540 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors289 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt4.8 - 10 Watt
Texture fill rate4.320no data
Floating-point processing power0.03808 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no 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 x16no data
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 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12_1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 80 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 4 Watt

UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) has an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 1075% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GS and UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GS is a desktop card while UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) is a notebook one.


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