Playstation 4 Pro GPU vs GeForce 8600 GTS

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameG84Neo
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)10 November 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $399

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 cores322304
Core clock speed675 MHz911 MHz
Number of transistors289 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate10.80131.2
Floating-point processing power0.0928 TFLOPS4.198 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs16144

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 x16IGP
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s217.6 GB/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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.06.0
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.1
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 10 November 2016
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 150 Watt

8600 GTS has 150% lower power consumption.

Playstation 4 Pro GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GTS and Playstation 4 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GTS is a desktop card while Playstation 4 Pro GPU is a notebook one.


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