Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 9000) 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 ranking1310not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.47no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 3+
GPU code nameG84no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)no data
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 cores32128
Core clock speed540 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Number of transistors289 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)47 Wattno data
Texture fill rate8.640no data
Floating-point processing power0.07616 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no 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
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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed700 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12_2
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT and Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 9000). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GT is a desktop card while Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 9000) is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
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