GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs HD Graphics 4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1065not rated
Place by popularity42not in top-100
Power efficiency1.83no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT2G84
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 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 cores12832
Core clock speed650 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,200 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown47 Watt
Texture fill rate16.009.600
Floating-point processing power0.256 TFLOPS0.0928 TFLOPS
ROPs28
TMUs1616

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data24 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI

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.

DirectX11.1 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.03.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2012 17 April 2007
Chip lithography 22 nm 80 nm

HD Graphics 4000 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 263.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4000 and GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4000 is a notebook card while GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition is a desktop one.


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