NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G84 | NV35 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | NB8P-GS | NV35 GL |
| Architecture | Tesla | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 289 million | 135 million |
| Die size | 169 mm² | 207 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Oct 5th, 2007 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8M (8000M) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | MXM-II | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce Go 7 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9M | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 470 MHz | 400 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 940 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 635 MHz 1270 Mbps effective | 425 MHz 850 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 20.32 GB/s | 27.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 32 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| SM count | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.760 GPixel/s | 1.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 7.520 GTexel/s | 3.200 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 60.16 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 300.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | unknown |
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Length | — | 229 mm 9 inches |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x Molex |
| Board number | — | P171 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Jul 22nd, 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro FX |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
