ATI VGA Wonder vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | 18800-1 | G84 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Wonder | Tesla |
| Foundry | NEC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 800 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | unknown | 289 million |
| Die size | 90 mm² | 169 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | G84-303-A2 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 5th, 1990 | Apr 17th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | VGA | GeForce 8 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | EGA | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | Mach 8 | GeForce 9 |
| Launch price | — | 159 USD |
| Reviews | — | 183 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 10 MHz | 540 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 10 MHz | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1190 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 KB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DRAM | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 32 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 40.00 MB/s | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 1 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 0 | — |
| TMUs | 0 | 16 |
| ROPs | 1 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 32 |
| SM count | — | 4 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.00 MPixel/s | 4.320 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 0 MTexel/s | 8.640 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 76.16 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 47 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x VGA | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Length | — | 170 mm 6.7 inches |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P402, P403 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | — | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | — | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | — | — |
| Vertex shader | — | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
