ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 Mac Edition vs GeForce 8600 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1349not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.55no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG84M96
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (18 years ago)16 September 2009 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores32320
Core clock speed540 MHz680 MHz
Number of transistors289 million514 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate8.64021.76
Floating-point processing power0.07616 TFLOPS0.4352 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1632
L1 Cacheno data64 KB
L2 Cache32 KB128 KB

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 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length170 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz790 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s25.28 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 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)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 16 September 2009
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 35 Watt

8600 GT has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI Mobility HD 4670 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 34.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT and Mobility Radeon HD 4670 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GT is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 4670 Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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