GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition vs Radeon R9 FURY X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	285	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.81	no data
Power efficiency	6.28	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Fiji	G84
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	24 June 2015 (10 years ago)	21 September 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	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	4096	32
Compute units	64	no data
Core clock speed	no data	675 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	8,900 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	268.8	10.80
Floating-point processing power	8.602 TFLOPS	0.0928 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	8
TMUs	256	16
L1 Cache	1 MB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	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 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	195 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR3
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	32.26 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 HDMI 1.4a, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	2x DVI
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	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
UVD	+	-
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	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.5	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 June 2015	21 September 2007
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	75 Watt