Xe DG1 vs GeForce 8600 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1352not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.50no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameG84DG1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (18 years ago)2020 (5 years ago)
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.

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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 cores32640
Core clock speed540 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1550 MHz
Number of transistors289 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate8.64062.00
Floating-point processing power0.07616 TFLOPS1.984 TFLOPS
ROPs820
TMUs1640

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 4.0 x8
Length170 mm164 mm
Width1-slot2-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 typeGDDR3LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s68.26 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-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 30 Watt

Xe DG1 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 56.7% lower power consumption.

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