Xbox XGPU-B 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 rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameG84NV2A
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)15 November 2001 (22 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 cores16no data
Core clock speed540 MHz233 MHz
Number of transistors289 million57 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.3201.864
Floating-point processing power0.03808 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs88

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 x16AGP 4x
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 typeDDR2DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s6.4 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)8.1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 15 November 2001
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 150 nm

8600 GS has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 87.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GS and Xbox XGPU-B. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GS is a desktop card while Xbox XGPU-B is a notebook one.


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