GeForce 8600M GT SLI vs GT 720M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1050	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.51	no data
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	G8x (2007)
GPU code name	GK208	NB8P-GS
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	25 December 2013 (10 years ago)	23 October 2007 (17 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	192	64
Core clock speed	719 MHz	475 MHz
Boost clock speed	758 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	915 million	598 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.13	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.2911 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	16	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	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	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	DDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Standard memory configuration	DDR3	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 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	No outputs	no data
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 2560x1600	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 2560x1600	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP content protection	+	-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 December 2013	23 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	20 Watt

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