GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs 9700M GTS
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1213 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.95 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | G94 | G84 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 17 April 2007 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $159 |
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 | 48 | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 530 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 289 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 47 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 12.72 | 9.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1272 TFLOPS | 0.0928 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 180 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 32 KB |
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 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 170 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 24 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 July 2008 | 17 April 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 47 Watt |
9700M GTS has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 23.1% more advanced lithography process.
8600 GT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 27.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9700M GTS and GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9700M GTS is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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