GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs GT 730

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking854not rated
Place by popularity27not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency3.18no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF108G84
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 June 2014 (10 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59.99 $159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores9632
Core clock speed700 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors585 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate11.2 GT/s9.600
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS0.0928 TFLOPS
ROPs48
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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length145 mm170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz750 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s24 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2014 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 47 Watt

GT 730 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

8600 GT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 4.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730 and GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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