Radeon Instinct MI325X vs GeForce 8600 GT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1323 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.47 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024) |
| GPU code name | G84 | Aqua Vanjaram |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 17 April 2007 (17 years ago) | October 2024 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $159 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 32 | 19456 |
| Core clock speed | 540 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 289 million | 153,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 47 Watt | 1000 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.640 | 2,554 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.07616 TFLOPS | 81.72 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 16 | 1216 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 1216 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | OAM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| 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 type | GDDR3 | HBM3e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 288 GB |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 2525 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | 10.3 TB/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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 288 GB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 47 Watt | 1000 Watt |
8600 GT has 2027.7% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI325X, on the other hand, has a 57500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT and Radeon Instinct MI325X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 8600 GT is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI325X is a workstation one.
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