ATI FireGL V8600 vs GeForce 8600M GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1336not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.99no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG84R600
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date31 December 2007 (16 years ago)14 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,899

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 cores32320
Core clock speed475 MHz688 MHz
Number of transistors289 million720 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt159 Watt
Texture fill rate7.60011.01
Floating-point processing power0.0608 TFLOPS0.4403 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1616

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 sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data254 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 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 typeDDR2GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz868 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s111.1 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 December 2007 14 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 159 Watt

8600M GT has an age advantage of 7 months, and 695% lower power consumption.

ATI FireGL V8600, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600M GT and FireGL V8600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600M GT is a notebook card while FireGL V8600 is a workstation one.


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