GeForce 8600 GT vs Switch GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1309
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.47
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGM20BG84
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2017 (7 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$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 cores25632
Core clock speed384 MHz540 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,000 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate12.298.640
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPS0.07616 TFLOPS
ROPs88
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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeDDR4GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s22.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.31.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2017 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 20 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 47 Watt

Switch GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 213.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU and GeForce 8600 GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Switch GPU is a notebook card while GeForce 8600 GT is a desktop one.


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