GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition vs GT 425M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1084not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.00no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF108G84
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 September 2010 (15 years ago)5 October 2007 (18 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 cores9632
Core clock speed560 MHz470 MHz
Number of transistors585 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate8.9607.520
Floating-point processing power0.215 TFLOPS0.06016 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs1616
L1 Cache128 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KB32 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz635 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s20.32 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 API11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2010 5 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 20 Watt

GT 425M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

8600M GT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 15% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 425M and GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

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