RTX A1000 vs GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated190
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data42.03
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG84GA107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

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 cores322304
Core clock speed600 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1462 MHz
Number of transistors289 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate9.600105.3
Floating-point processing power0.0928 TFLOPS6.737 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1672
Tensor Coresno data72
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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 4.0 x8
Length170 mm163 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth24 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors2x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 16 April 2024
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 50 Watt

8600 GT Mac Edition has 6.4% lower power consumption.

RTX A1000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition and RTX A1000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition is a desktop card while RTX A1000 is a workstation one.


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