GeForce 8600M GT vs GTS 250

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	964	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	no data
Power efficiency	0.71	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92B	G84
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	4 March 2009 (15 years ago)	31 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	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	128	32
Core clock speed	738 MHz	475 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	44.93	7.600
Floating-point processing power	0.3871 TFLOPS	0.0608 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	64	16

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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	229 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR3	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	12.8 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	Two Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.0	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 March 2009	31 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	20 Watt

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