GeForce 8600M GT vs Quadro P400

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking672not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.10no data
Power efficiency10.25no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGP107G84
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)31 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.99 no data

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 cores25632
Core clock speed1228 MHz475 MHz
Boost clock speed1252 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate20.037.600
Floating-point processing power0.641 TFLOPS0.0608 TFLOPS
ROPs168
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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-II
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.06 GB/s12.8 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 Connectors3x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.11.1

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.

Quadro P400 1643
+1746%
8600M GT 89

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 February 2017 31 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 20 Watt

Quadro P400 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

8600M GT, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P400 and GeForce 8600M GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P400 is a workstation card while GeForce 8600M GT is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P400
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