GeForce 8600 GT vs Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics

Place in the ranking	1062	1308
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	no data	G84
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	8 February 2012 (12 years ago)	17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	400	32
Core clock speed	593 / 700 MHz	540 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	47 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	8.640
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.07616 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	8
TMUs	no data	16

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	no data	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	-	+

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	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	512 MB
Standard memory config per GPU	no data	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	- / 1800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	22.4 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 Connectors

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2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	no data	4.0
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +300%	8−9 −300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +300%	8−9 −300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +300%	8−9 −300%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+300%

1−2

−300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.18	0.32
Recency	8 February 2012	17 April 2007
Chip lithography	40 nm	80 nm

HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics has a 268.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics is a notebook card while GeForce 8600 GT is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.