ATI Radeon HD 4100 vs GeForce 8600M GT SLI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	G8x (2007)	RV6xx (2008−2010)
GPU code name	NB8P-GS	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 October 2007 (18 years ago)	1 November 2009 (16 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 cores	64	40
Core clock speed	475 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	598 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	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).

Laptop size

large

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, GDDR2	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX

10

10.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2007	1 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	80 nm	55 nm