ATI Radeon X1600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV516 | G86 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | R500 | Tesla |
| Foundry | UMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 107 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 100 mm² | 127 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | G86-770-A2 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | 2007 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R500 PCIe | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 64 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R400 PCIe | — |
| Successor | Radeon R600 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 635 MHz | 450 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 900 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 12.80 GB/s | 12.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 16 |
| SM count | — | 1 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.540 GPixel/s | 1.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 317.5 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.540 GTexel/s | 3.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 28.80 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 27 W | 20 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | May 1st, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 8M (8000M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-II |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce Go 7 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 9M |
