NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Description

This is a comprehensive analysis comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition on one side and ATI Radeon X1950 XTX on the other side.

The first video card was released on Apr 17th, 2007. This GPU is equipped with 0.125 GB of GDDR3 memory, with a bandwidth of 24.00 GB/s. The architecture of this card: base clock of and a boost clock of , TDP of this video card is 47 W.

The second video card was released on Oct 17th, 2006 and comes with 0.5 GB of GDDR4 memory, with a bandwidth of 64.00 GB/s. This GPU also has a base clock of and a boost clock of , and it has a TDP of 125 W.

This table also comprises board specifications, pixel and texture filtration, launch price, and benchmarks such as G3DMark, PassMark G2D, 3DMark Firestrike, FPS, and Hashrate.

Key Differences

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition:

  • NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition is newer: launch date is Apr 17th, 2007.
  • More memory size (RAM): 0.125 GB vs 0.5 GB.
  • Passmark G3DMark is 2.59%: higher: 116 vs 113.
  • Consumes less energy: 125 W vs 47 W.

Advantages of ATI Radeon X1950 XTX:

  • Up to 166.67% higher bandwidth: 64.00 GB/s vs 24.00 GB/s.
  • Passmark PassMark G2D is 622.73%: higher: 318 vs 44.

Technical specifications

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
Graphics Processor
GPU Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
GPU Variant: G84-303-A2 R580+ XT (215BAABKA31FG)
Processor: Tesla R500
Foundry: TSMC TSMC
Technology: 80 nm 90 nm
Transistors: 289 million 384 million
Die Size: 169 mm² 352 mm²
General information
Release Date: Apr 17th, 2007 Oct 17th, 2006
Availability: - -
Generation: GeForce 8 (8600) Radeon R500 PCIe (X1950)
Predecessor: GeForce 7 PCIe Radeon R400 PCIe
Successor: GeForce 9 Radeon R600
Production: End-of-life End-of-life
Launch Price: 159 USD 449 USD
Current Price: - -
Bus Interface: PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Reviews: 183 in our database 144 in our database
Clock Speeds
Base Clock Speed: - -
Boost Clock Speed: - -
SOC clock: - -
UVD clock: - -
Memory Clock: 750 MHz 1500 Mbps effective 1000 MHz 2 Gbps effective
Memory specs
RAM: 0.125 GB 0.5 GB
Type of memory: GDDR3 GDDR4
Memory Bus: 128 bit 256 bit
Memory Bandwidth: 24.00 GB/s 64.00 GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units: 32 -
TMUs: 16 16
ROPs: 8 16
Compute units: - -
Tensor Cores: - -
RT Cores: - -
L0 Cache: - -
L1 Cache: - -
L2 Cache: 32 KB -
L3 Cache: - -
Board specs
Slot Width: Single-slot Dual-slot
Length: 170 mm 6.7 inches 230 mm 9.1 inches
Width: - -
Height: - -
TDP: 47 W 125 W
Suggested PSU: 200 W 300 W
Outputs: 2x DVI 2x DVI1x S-Video
Power Connectors: None 1x 6-pin
Part Number: - -
Board Number: P402 A915
Technology Support
DirectX: 11.1 (10_0) 9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL: 3.3 2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial)
OpenCL: - -
Vulkan: - -
CUDA: - -
Shader Model: - -

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Fillrate:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
4.8 GPixel/s
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
10.4 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
9.6 GTexel/s
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
10.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float):
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
92.8 GFLOPS
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
Unified Shaders:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
32
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
No data
Texture Mapping Units:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
16
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
No data
Render Output Units:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
8
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
No data

Benchmarks Performance Tests

Passmark (G3D):
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
116
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
113
PassMark (G2D):
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
44
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
318

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