GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameMaltaG84
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date24 April 2013 (12 years ago)5 October 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$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 cores2048 ×232
Core clock speed950 MHz470 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0 ×27.520
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS ×20.06016 TFLOPS
ROPs32 ×28
TMUs128 ×216
L1 Cache512 KBno data
L2 Cache768 KB32 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-II
Length307 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount3 GB ×2512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit ×2128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz635 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s ×220.32 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 April 2013 5 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 20 Watt

HD 8990 OEM has an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

8600M GT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 1775% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8990 OEM and GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8990 OEM is a desktop graphics card while GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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