Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB 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)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameG84GP100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date31 December 2007 (16 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,599

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 cores323584
Core clock speed475 MHz1190 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1329 MHz
Number of transistors289 million15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate7.600297.7
Floating-point processing power0.0608 TFLOPS9.526 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs16224

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeDDR2HBM2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit3072 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz715 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s549.1 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.16.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 December 2007 20 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 250 Watt

8600M GT has 1150% lower power consumption.

Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600M GT and Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600M GT is a notebook card while Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB is a workstation one.


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