GeForce 8600M GT SLI vs Radeon R7 370

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	470	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.76	no data
Power efficiency	7.49	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	G8x (2007)
GPU code name	Trinidad	NB8P-GS
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (10 years ago)	23 October 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

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	1024	64
Core clock speed	no data	475 MHz
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,800 million	598 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	62.40	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.997 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	64	no data
L1 Cache	256 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no data

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	152 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	no data
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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	no data
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	+	-
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	23 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	20 Watt

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