GeForce Go 6600 NPB 128M vs 8600M GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1421not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.80no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameG86NV43 A4
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 May 2007 (18 years ago)29 September 2005 (19 years ago)

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 cores16no data
Core clock speed450 MHz375 MHz
Number of transistors210 million146 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.6003.000
Floating-point processing power0.0288 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeDDR2DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s9.6 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2007 29 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 110 nm

8600M GS has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

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