Intel HD Graphics 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated1115
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.10
ArchitectureG8x (2007−2008)Gen. 9 Apollo Lake (2016−2017)
GPU code nameG84MApollo Lake
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 June 2007 (16 years old)1 September 2016 (7 years old)
Current price$414 $414
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores3212
Core clock speed475 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data700 MHz
Number of transistors289 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate7.6009.000
Floating-point performance60.8 gflops144.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 8600M GT and HD Graphics 500 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 3.0 x1

Memory

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 typeGDDR3, GDDR2DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsNo outputs

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.1.97
CUDA1.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8600M GT 89
HD Graphics 500 298
+235%

HD Graphics 500 outperforms GeForce 8600M GT by 235% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 9 June 2007 1 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 10 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600M GT and HD Graphics 500. We've got no test results to judge.


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