Radeon RX 6600 vs GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 111 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 15 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 67.82 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.76 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | G84 | Navi 23 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 April 2007 (17 years ago) | 13 October 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $159 | $329 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 32 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 1626 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2491 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 289 million | 11,060 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 47 Watt | 132 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 279.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0928 TFLOPS | 8.928 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 16 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 170 mm | 190 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 24 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12.0 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 April 2007 | 13 October 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 47 Watt | 132 Watt |
8600 GT Mac Edition has 180.9% lower power consumption.
RX 6600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition and Radeon RX 6600. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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