GeForce 8600 GS vs Quadro M5000M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking298not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.12no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGM204G84
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date18 August 2015 (9 years ago)17 April 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 cores1,53616
Core clock speed975 MHz540 MHz
Boost clock speed1051 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate93.604.320
Floating-point processing power2.995 TFLOPS0.03808 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs968

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA5.21.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

M5000M 7019
+7613%
8600 GS 91

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2015 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 47 Watt

M5000M has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

8600 GS, on the other hand, has 112.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M5000M and GeForce 8600 GS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M5000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 8600 GS is a desktop one.


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