GeForce 8600M GT SLI vs GT 240

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1027	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	1.32	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	G8x (2007)
GPU code name	GT215	NB8P-GS
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	17 November 2009 (15 years ago)	23 October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	96	64
Core clock speed	550 MHz	475 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	598 Million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105C C	no data
Texture fill rate	17.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.2573 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	32	no data

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	no data	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	168 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB/s	no data
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	DVIVGAHDMI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	10
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.2	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 November 2009	23 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB or 1 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	20 Watt

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