UHD Graphics G1 vs GeForce 8600 GS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1365not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.36no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameG84Ice Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)29 May 2019 (5 years ago)

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 cores16256
Core clock speed540 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data900 MHz
Number of transistors289 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate4.32014.40
Floating-point processing power0.03808 TFLOPS0.4608 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs816

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed400 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 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/A1.1.97
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 29 May 2019
Chip lithography 80 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 15 Watt

UHD Graphics G1 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 213.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GS and UHD Graphics G1. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GS is a desktop card while UHD Graphics G1 is a notebook one.


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