GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs Quadro P4000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	238	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.87	no data
Power efficiency	20.02	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GP104	G84
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	6 February 2017 (8 years ago)	17 April 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$815	$159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1792	32
Core clock speed	1202 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	47 Watt
Texture fill rate	165.8	9.600
Floating-point processing power	5.304 TFLOPS	0.0928 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	8
TMUs	112	16
L1 Cache	672 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	170 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1901 MHz	750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	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	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI
Display Port	1.4	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
3D Stereo	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	6.1	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 February 2017	17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	47 Watt

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