Radeon HD 6770M vs GeForce 8600 GTS

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated828
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.94
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG84Whistler
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)4 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores32480
Core clock speed675 MHz725 MHz
Number of transistors289 million716 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate10.8017.40
Floating-point processing power0.0928 TFLOPS0.696 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1624

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s57.6 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

8600 GTS 158
HD 6770M 964
+510%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 35 Watt

HD 6770M has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 71.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GTS and Radeon HD 6770M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GTS is a desktop card while Radeon HD 6770M is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
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AMD Radeon HD 6770M
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