GeForce 8600M GS vs Radeon RX 470

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking258not rated
Place by popularity55not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.62no data
Power efficiency12.15no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameEllesmereG86
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores204816
Core clock speed926 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate154.43.600
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS0.0288 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs1288

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-II
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 470 8096
+11466%
8600M GS 70

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 1 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 20 Watt

RX 470 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

8600M GS, on the other hand, has 500% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470 and GeForce 8600M GS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 470 is a desktop card while GeForce 8600M GS is a notebook one.


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