UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) vs GeForce 8600M GT

Place in the ranking	1335	544
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.99	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)
GPU code name	G84	Alder Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	31 December 2007 (16 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 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	32	64
Core clock speed	475 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1400 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	7.600	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.0608 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	16	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	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-II	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	DDR2	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
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

no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12_1
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	1.1	-

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

UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 7.20
+2383%

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

UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 18749
+1703%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	0−1	21
1440p	-0−1	11

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−800%

18
+800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −650%	15 +650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −425%	40−45 +425%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −92.9%	50−55 +92.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −450%	11 +450%
Hitman 3	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −425%	40−45 +425%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −550%	26 +550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −92.9%	50−55 +92.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%
Hitman 3	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −113%	17 +113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −400%	20 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −22.2%	11 +22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −92.9%	50−55 +92.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	3−4
Hitman 3	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−500%

12−14
+500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−250%

7−8
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18 +0%	18 +0%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	15 +0%	15 +0%
Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

20−22

+0%

20−22

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.29	7.20
Recency	31 December 2007	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	80 nm	10 nm

UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) has a 2382.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600M GT in performance tests.

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