RTX A1000 Mobile vs GeForce 8600M GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated217
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.53
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG86GA107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 May 2007 (17 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 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 cores162048
Core clock speed450 MHz630 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1140 MHz
Number of transistors210 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate3.60072.96
Floating-point processing power0.0288 TFLOPS4.669 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs864
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 4.0 x8

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s176.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

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

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.

8600M GS 70
RTX A1000 Mobile 9538
+13526%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2007 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 60 Watt

8600M GS has 200% lower power consumption.

RTX A1000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600M GS and RTX A1000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600M GS is a notebook graphics card while RTX A1000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
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