Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	no data
GPU code name	G84	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	5 October 2007 (16 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$50	no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	16
Core clock speed	470 MHz	1296 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.520	no data
Floating-point performance	60.16 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	MXM-II	no data
Width	MXM Module	no data

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	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1270 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	20.32 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	no data
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	1.1	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 October 2007	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	80 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	10 Watt

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