GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition vs Radeon R9 295X2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	301	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.22	no data
Power efficiency	3.25	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Vesuvius	G84
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	29 April 2014 (11 years ago)	5 October 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	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	2816 ×2	32
Core clock speed	no data	470 MHz
Boost clock speed	1018 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,200 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	179.2 ×2	7.520
Floating-point processing power	5.733 TFLOPS ×2	0.06016 TFLOPS
ROPs	64 ×2	8
TMUs	176 ×2	16
L1 Cache	704 KB	no data
L2 Cache	1024 KB	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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	307 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 8-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
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB ×2	512 MB
Memory bus width	512 Bit ×2	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	635 MHz
Memory bandwidth	640 GB/s ×2	20.32 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
TressFX	+	-
UVD	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.3	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 April 2014	5 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	20 Watt

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