GeForce RTX 4080 Ti vs 8600M GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG84AD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date31 December 2007 (16 years ago)2023 (1 year 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 cores3214080
Core clock speed475 MHz2340 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2610 MHz
Number of transistors289 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate7.6001,148
Floating-point processing power0.0608 TFLOPS73.5 TFLOPS
ROPs8144
TMUs16440
Tensor Coresno data440
Ray Tracing Coresno data110

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1325 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s678.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 400 Watt

8600M GT has 1900% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 Ti, on the other hand, has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600M GT and GeForce RTX 4080 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600M GT is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4080 Ti is a desktop one.


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