Radeon RX 5600M vs GeForce 8600M GT

Place in the ranking	1336	247
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.99	10.43
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	G84	Navi 10
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	31 December 2007 (16 years ago)	7 July 2020 (4 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 cores	32	2304
Core clock speed	475 MHz	1035 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1265 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.600	182.2
Floating-point processing power	0.0608 TFLOPS	5.829 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	16	144

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 size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	DDR2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	288.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	1.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. 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

RX 5600M 22.83
+7772%

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

RX 5600M 8795
+7753%

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

RX 5600M 18582
+1687%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −8500%	86 +8500%
1440p	0−1	57
4K	-0−1	26

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−1700%

35−40
+1700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2133%	67 +2133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3700%	76 +3700%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1575%	67 +1575%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1225%	100−110 +1225%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1800%	75−80 +1800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −689%	221 +689%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3300%	68 +3300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1500%	64 +1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1225%	100−110 +1225%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1800%	75−80 +1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −675%	217 +675%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1533%	49 +1533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2400%	50 +2400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1350%	58 +1350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1163%	101 +1163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1800%	75−80 +1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −611%	64 +611%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −14.3%	32 +14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	14−16
Hitman 3	6−7 −533%	38 +533%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −3550%	73 +3550%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1800%

35−40
+1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	14

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−900%

20−22
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70 +0%	70 +0%
Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	137 +0%	137 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	76 +0%	76 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	58 +0%	58 +0%
Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	107 +0%	107 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	70 +0%	70 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45 +0%	45 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24 +0%	24 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	197 +0%	197 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Hitman 3	20 +0%	20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	13 +0%	13 +0%

This is how 8600M GT and RX 5600M compete in popular games:

RX 5600M is 8500% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 5600M is 3700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 5600M is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.29	22.83
Recency	31 December 2007	7 July 2020
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	150 Watt

8600M GT has 650% lower power consumption.

RX 5600M, on the other hand, has a 7772.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5600M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600M GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.