GeForce 8600 GT vs Radeon R3E Mobile Graphics
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1359 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.54 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Beema | G84 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 28 January 2015 (10 years ago) | 17 April 2007 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $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 | 128 | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 351 MHz | 540 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 930 million | 289 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 47 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.808 | 8.640 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.08986 TFLOPS | 0.07616 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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 | IGP | 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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 512 MB |
| Standard memory config per GPU | no data | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 22.4 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 | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 January 2015 | 17 April 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 47 Watt |
R3E Mobile Graphics has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
8600 GT, on the other hand, has 112.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R3E Mobile Graphics and GeForce 8600 GT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R3E Mobile Graphics is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8600 GT is a desktop one.
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