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GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) has a core clock speed of 540 MHz and a DDR2 memory speed of 400 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 80 nm design. It features 32 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 950M, which features core speeds of 914 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) 47 Watts
GeForce GTX 950M 55 Watts
Difference: 8 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 950M will be 150% faster than the GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M 32000 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 19200 (150%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M should be quite a bit (about 323%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M 36560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 27920 (323%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950M is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M 14624 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10304 (239%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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GeForce 8600 GS (OEM)

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GS (OEM) GeForce GTX 950M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 March 12 2015
Code Name G84 GM107
Memory 256 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 914 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 2000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 55 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 32000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 36560 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 14624 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 640
Texture Mapping Units 16 40
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type DDR2 DDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 28 nm
Transistors 289 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 8600 GS (OEM)

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