Atari VCS 400 GPU vs GeForce 8600 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1366not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.35no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameG84Banded Kestrel
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)14 December 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

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 cores16192
Core clock speed540 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1201 MHz
Number of transistors289 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate4.32014.41
Floating-point processing power0.03808 TFLOPS0.4612 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs812

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
Lengthno data295 mm
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2DDR4
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s38.4 GB/s

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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 14 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 15 Watt

Atari VCS 400 GPU has an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 213.3% lower power consumption.

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