Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs GeForce 8600 GTS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1287	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	0.56	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code name	G84	GMA HD
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	17 April 2007 (18 years ago)	10 January 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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 cores	32	12
Core clock speed	675 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.80	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.0928 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	16	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	no data
Length	198 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D 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	-
CUDA	1.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 April 2007	10 January 2010
Chip lithography	80 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	35 Watt

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