NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G84 | NV43 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | NB8P-GS | NV43M A2 |
| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 110 nm |
| Number of transistors | 289 million | 146 million |
| Die size | 169 mm² | 154 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Oct 5th, 2007 | Sep 29th, 2005 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8M (8000M) | GeForce Go 6 (Go 6000) |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | MXM-II | MXM-II |
| Predecessor | GeForce Go 7 | GeForce FX Go 5 |
| Successor | GeForce 9M | GeForce Go 7 |
| Reviews | — | 2 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 470 MHz | 300 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 940 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 635 MHz 1270 Mbps effective | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 20.32 GB/s | 11.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 32 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| SM count | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 8 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.760 GPixel/s | 1.200 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 7.520 GTexel/s | 2.400 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 60.16 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 225.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | unknown |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
