ATI FireMV 2260 PCIe x1 vs GeForce 8600 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1309not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.47no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG84RV620
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3240
Core clock speed540 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors289 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate8.6402.000
Floating-point processing power0.07616 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs164

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 x16PCIe 2.0 x1
Length170 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1000 MBps
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s8 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video2x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 15 Watt

8600 GT has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI FireMV 2260 PCIe x1, on the other hand, has a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 213.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT and FireMV 2260 PCIe x1. We've got no test results to judge.


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