ATI Radeon X1300 XT vs GeForce 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)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG86RV530
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2007 (18 years ago)12 August 2006 (18 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 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors210 million157 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt22 Watt
Texture fill rate3.6002.000
Floating-point processing power0.0288 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84

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
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR2DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s12.8 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2007 12 August 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 22 Watt

8600M GS has an age advantage of 8 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 10% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600M GS and Radeon X1300 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600M GS is a notebook graphics card while Radeon X1300 XT is a desktop one.

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