Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce 8600M GT

Place in the ranking	1333	200
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.01	54.31
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	G84	AD107
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	31 December 2007 (16 years ago)	26 February 2024 (less than a 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 cores	32	2048
Core clock speed	475 MHz	1485 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2025 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.600	129.6
Floating-point processing power	0.0608 TFLOPS	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	16	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x8

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	DDR2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	128.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.8
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8600M GT 0.29

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 27.27
+9303%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

8600M GT 1040

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 66297
+6275%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3
−8900%

180−190

+8900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −8900%	180−190 +8900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −8900%	180−190 +8900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −9275%	750−800 +9275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −9186%	2600−2650 +9186%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −8900%	180−190 +8900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −8900%	180−190 +8900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −9275%	750−800 +9275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −8789%	800−850 +8789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −9186%	2600−2650 +9186%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −8900%	180−190 +8900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −8900%	180−190 +8900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −9275%	750−800 +9275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −8789%	800−850 +8789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −9186%	2600−2650 +9186%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 −9067%	550−600 +9067%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −8900%	180−190 +8900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
−8900%

180−190

+8900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −8900%	90−95 +8900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
−8900%

180−190

+8900%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.29	27.27
Recency	31 December 2007	26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	35 Watt

8600M GT has 75% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 9303.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600M GT in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8600M GT is a notebook graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.