NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1158not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV710G84
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2008 (15 years old)21 September 2007 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data
Current price$116 (2x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8032
Core clock speed600 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors242 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate4.80010.80
Floating-point performance96 gflops92.8 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1310 MHz2016 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.48 GB/s32.26 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI
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API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data1.1

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 30 September 2008 21 September 2007
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 75 Watt

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