NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G84 | G70 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | G84-303-A2 | — |
| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 110 nm |
| Number of transistors | 289 million | 302 million |
| Die size | 169 mm² | 333 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 17th, 2007 | Jan 30th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8 | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 159 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 183 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 600 MHz | 430 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1450 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 750 MHz 1500 Mbps effective | 525 MHz 1050 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 24.00 GB/s | 33.60 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 32 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| SM count | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 24 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.800 GPixel/s | 6.880 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 9.600 GTexel/s | 10.32 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 92.80 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 860.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Triple-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 170 mm 6.7 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 47 W | 116 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | P402 | P348 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
