GeForce RTX 5080 vs 8600 GTS Mac Edition

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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)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameG84GB203
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 September 2007 (17 years ago)2025

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 cores3210752
Core clock speed675 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors289 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate10.80846.7
Floating-point processing power0.0928 TFLOPS54.19 TFLOPS
ROPs8128
TMUs16336
Tensor Coresno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

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 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1008 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.26 GB/s973.8 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 DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.110.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 350 Watt

8600 GTS Mac Edition has 366.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition and GeForce RTX 5080. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition
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