GeForce 8200M G mGPU vs Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | G80 | C77 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 March 2007 (18 years ago) | 3 June 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,999 | no data |
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 | 128 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | 12 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 | 1.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3686 TFLOPS | 0.0256 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 4 |
| L2 Cache | 96 KB | no data |
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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 312 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 2x DVI | No outputs |
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 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 March 2007 | 3 June 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | 12 Watt |
8200M G mGPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 1325% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition and GeForce 8200M G mGPU AMD. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 8200M G mGPU AMD is a notebook one.
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