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NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Graphics Processor
G86
Cores
16
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
DDR2
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce 8600M GS was a mobile graphics chip by NVIDIA, launched on May 1st, 2007. Built on the 80 nm process, and based on the G86 graphics processor, in its G86-770-A2 variant, the chip supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_0, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The G86 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 127 mm² and 210 million transistors. It features 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 512 MB DDR2 memory with the GeForce 8600M GS, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 450 MHz, memory is running at 400 MHz.
Being a mxm module card, the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 20 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
G86
GPU Variant
G86-770-A2
Architecture
Tesla
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
80 nm
Transistors
210 million
Density
1.7M / mm²
Die Size
127 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-820

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
May 1st, 2007
Generation
GeForce 8M
(8000M)
Predecessor
GeForce Go 7
Successor
GeForce 9M
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
MXM-II

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
36188%
GeForce RTX 4090
27602%
GeForce RTX 5080
23847%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
21292%
GeForce RTX 4080
21112%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
21099%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
20795%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
19870%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
18167%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
17836%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
17818%
Radeon RX 9070
17801%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
16310%
GeForce RTX 5070
16147%
GeForce RTX 3090
15909%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
15700%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
15197%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
14963%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
14718%
GeForce RTX 4070
14515%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
14371%
GeForce RTX 3080
14141%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
14100%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
13602%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
12626%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
12549%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
12363%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
11985%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
11963%
Radeon RX 6800
11562%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
11313%
GeForce RTX 3070
11192%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
11098%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
11048%
GeForce RTX 5060
10876%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
10612%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
9797%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
9623%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
8941%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
8863%
GeForce RTX 4060
8837%
Arc B580
8821%
GeForce RTX 5050
8596%
GeForce RTX 2080
8528%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
8340%
Radeon RX 7600
8329%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
7928%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
7844%
Arc A770
7835%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
7552%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
7443%
Radeon VII
7422%
Arc A750
7275%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
7110%
GeForce RTX 2070
7007%
Radeon RX 6600
6692%
Arc A580
6500%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
6492%
Radeon RX Vega 64
6214%
GeForce RTX 2060
6015%
Radeon RX 5700
5986%
GeForce GTX 1080
5874%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
5763%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
5710%
Radeon RX Vega 56
5425%
GeForce GTX 1070
5229%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
4952%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
4946%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
4686%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
4661%
Radeon R9 FURY X
4608%
GeForce GTX 1660
4555%
Radeon RX 590
4302%
Radeon R9 FURY
4193%
GeForce GTX 980
4141%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
4101%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
4048%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
4014%
Radeon RX 580
3983%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
3882%
Radeon R9 390X
3827%
GeForce GTX 690
3780%
Radeon RX 480
3748%
Radeon HD 7990
3731%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
3662%
GeForce GTX 970
3567%
Radeon R9 290X
3557%
Radeon R9 390
3500%
Radeon RX 570
3458%
Radeon R9 290
3281%
Radeon RX 470
3236%
GeForce GTX 1650
3046%
Radeon RX 6400
2985%
Arc A380
2945%
GeForce GTX 780
2941%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
2655%
GeForce GTX 590
2653%
Radeon R9 280X
2616%
Radeon HD 6990
2554%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2433%
GeForce GTX 680
2378%
Radeon R9 380
2354%
Radeon HD 7970
2354%
GeForce GTX 770
2347%
Radeon R9 285
2330%
GeForce GTX 960
2259%
GeForce GTX 670
2201%
Radeon HD 5970
1989%
GeForce GTX 1630
1988%
Radeon HD 7950
1951%
GeForce GTX 1050
1947%
GeForce GTX 760
1933%
GeForce GTX 580
1931%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
1923%
Radeon R9 270X
1899%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
1854%
GeForce GTX 950
1838%
Radeon RX 560
1731%
GeForce GTX 570
1702%
GeForce GTX 660
1697%
Radeon RX 460
1691%
Radeon R7 370
1691%
Radeon HD 6970
1633%
GeForce GTX 480
1561%
Radeon HD 7850
1534%
GeForce GTX 295
1505%
Radeon HD 6950
1453%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
1446%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
1421%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1413%
Radeon HD 5870
1370%
Radeon HD 6870
1284%
GeForce GTX 470
1239%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1186%
Radeon HD 5850
1165%
GeForce GTX 285
1086%
Radeon HD 6850
1065%
GeForce GTX 280
997%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
995%
GeForce GTX 275
992%
GeForce GT 1030
983%
GeForce GTX 460
966%
Radeon HD 4890
931%
Radeon HD 6790
916%
Radeon HD 5830
871%
GeForce GTX 650
823%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
816%
Radeon HD 4870
806%
GeForce GTX 260
797%
Radeon HD 5770
783%
Radeon HD 7750
776%
Radeon HD 5750
680%
GeForce GTS 450
657%
GeForce GTS 250
638%
Radeon HD 4850
624%
Radeon HD 4770
592%
Radeon HD 4830
554%
Radeon HD 6670
537%
GeForce 9800 GT
517%
GeForce GT 640
499%
Radeon HD 5670
466%
GeForce 9600 GT
438%
GeForce GT 240
382%
GeForce GT 440
374%
Radeon HD 4670
355%
Radeon HD 5570
327%
GeForce GT 430
322%
GeForce GT 220
246%
GeForce GT 520
199%
Radeon HD 6450
189%
Radeon HD 5450
161%
Radeon HD 4550
125%
GeForce 9400 GT
102%
GeForce 8600M GS
100%
GeForce 210
80%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
450 MHz
Shader Clock
900 MHz
Memory Clock
400 MHz
800 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
DDR2
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
12.80 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
16
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
SM Count
1
L2 Cache
32 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
1.800 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
3.600 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
28.80 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
MXM Module
TDP
20 W
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
P555 SKU 4

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
1.1
Shader Model
4.0

G86 GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP2
VDPAU: Feature Set A

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 340.52
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96
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