AMD Radeon HD 6610M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Whistler | G80 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Whistler LP | G80-100-K0-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 681 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 484 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 4th, 2011 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Vancouver (HD 6600M) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | Manhattan | — |
| Successor | London | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 450 MHz | 513 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 792 MHz 1584 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1188 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 640 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 320 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.60 GB/s | 63.36 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 480 | 96 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
| ROPs | 8 | 20 |
| Compute units | 6 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 80 KB |
| SM count | — | 12 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.600 GPixel/s | 10.26 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 10.80 GTexel/s | 24.62 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 432.0 GFLOPS | 228.1 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 26 W | 143 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Slot width | — | Dual-slot |
| Length | — | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 300 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | — | P356 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Nov 8th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 8 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Launch price | — | 449 USD |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 403 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | — | GeForce 9 |
