GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs 9800 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1109	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	no data
Power efficiency	0.70	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92	G84
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 July 2008 (17 years ago)	21 September 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	112	32
Core clock speed	600 MHz	675 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.60	10.80
Floating-point processing power	0.336 TFLOPS	0.0928 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	56	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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Height	1-slot	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	32.26 GB/s

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	HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

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	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 July 2008	21 September 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	75 Watt

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