NVIDIA started GeForce 8600M GT sales 31 December 2007. This is a Tesla architecture notebook card based on 80 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of DDR2 memory clocked at 0.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-II interface. Power consumption is at 20 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 8600M GT: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	1336
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.99	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G84
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	31 December 2007 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce 8600M GT's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 8600M GT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	475 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	289 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	7.600	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.0608 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	8	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	16	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 8600M GT and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized
Interface	MXM-II

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 8600M GT: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 8600M GT. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 8600M GT, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	1.1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 8600M GT. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8600M GT 0.29

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 GT 112

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

8600M GT 1040

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 8600M GT is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

Closest competitors

GeForce 8600M GT's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce Go 7800 103.45

GeForce 315M 103.45

Radeon HD 7290 100

GeForce 8600M GT 100

Radeon HD 4270 96.55

GeForce Go 6800 96.55

GeForce GT 320M 93.1

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 8600M GT is Radeon HD 7290, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.