GeForce G 105M vs 8600 GT

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	G84	N10M-GE1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	17 April 2007 (17 years ago)	8 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	no data
Current price	$182 (1.1x MSRP)	$1279

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	8
Core clock speed	540 MHz	640 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	47 Watt	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion/sec	no data
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce G 105M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	no data
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	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	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	10
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	1.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 April 2007	8 January 2009
Chip lithography	80 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	47 Watt	14 Watt

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