GeForce 8600 GS vs Radeon RX 580 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 580 Mobile with GeForce 8600 GS, including specs and performance data.

RX 580 Mobile
2017
8 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
19.03
+8174%

RX 580 Mobile outperforms 8600 GS by a whopping 8174% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2961378
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.70no data
Power efficiency13.360.34
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code namePolaris 20G84
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$301.69 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores230416
Core clock speed1000 MHz540 MHz
Boost clock speed1077 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate155.14.320
Floating-point processing power4.963 TFLOPS0.03808 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs1448

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK 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

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD770−1
4K30-0−1

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.92no data
4K10.06no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 45−50 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 30−35 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 45−50 0−1
Battlefield 5 75−80 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 30−35 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Far Cry 5 60−65 0−1
Fortnite 183
+9050%
2−3
−9050%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 50−55 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 69 0−1
Valorant 130−140
+13800%
1−2
−13800%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 45−50 0−1
Battlefield 5 75−80 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 30−35 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+11150%
2−3
−11150%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Dota 2 76 0−1
Far Cry 5 60−65 0−1
Fortnite 81 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 50−55 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 62 0−1
Metro Exodus 35−40 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 57 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68 0−1
Valorant 130−140
+13800%
1−2
−13800%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 30−35 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Dota 2 69 0−1
Far Cry 5 60−65 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 50−55 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 41 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 37 0−1
Valorant 130−140
+13800%
1−2
−13800%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 60 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
+13200%
1−2
−13200%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35 0−1
Metro Exodus 21−24 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+8400%
2−3
−8400%
Valorant 170−180
+8650%
2−3
−8650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 20−22 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 0−1
Far Cry 5 40−45 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 45−50 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 30−35 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 40−45 0−1

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 14−16 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 9−10 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35 0−1
Metro Exodus 14−16 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24 0−1
Valorant 100−110
+10200%
1−2
−10200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 0−1
Dota 2 60−65 0−1
Far Cry 5 20−22 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−35 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 16−18 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.03 0.23
Recency 18 April 2017 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 47 Watt

RX 580 Mobile has a 8173.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

8600 GS, on the other hand, has 112.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 580 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce 8600 GS is a desktop one.

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