GeForce 8600M GT vs GTX 570

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking441not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.07no data
Power efficiency3.22no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF110G84
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 December 2010 (13 years ago)31 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores48032
Core clock speed732 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Watt20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate43.927.600
Floating-point processing power1.405 TFLOPS0.0608 TFLOPS
ROPs408
TMUs6016

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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB512 MB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1900 MHz (3800 data rate)400 MHz
Memory bandwidth152.0 GB/s12.8 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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.23.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 570 3924
+4309%
8600M GT 89

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.

GTX 570 17632
+1595%
8600M GT 1040

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 December 2010 31 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 20 Watt

GTX 570 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

8600M GT, on the other hand, has 995% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570 and GeForce 8600M GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 570 is a desktop card while GeForce 8600M GT is a notebook one.


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