GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs HD Graphics 6000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 924 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.39 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Broadwell GT3 | G84 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 September 2014 (11 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 | 384 | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 950 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 189 million | 289 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 47 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 45.60 | 9.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7296 TFLOPS | 0.0928 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 6 | 8 |
| TMUs | 48 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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 | Ring Bus | 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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 2x 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 and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 September 2014 | 17 April 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 47 Watt |
HD Graphics 6000 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 213.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 6000 and GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that HD Graphics 6000 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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