NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G84GPU NameR423
NB8P-GSModel numberR423 XT
(215RBJAGA12F)
TeslaArchitectureR400
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size130 nm
289 millionTransistors160 million
169 mm²Die Size289 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 5th, 2007Release DateDec 1st, 2004
GeForce 8M
(8000M)
FamilyRadeon R400 AGP
(X800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce Go 7PredecessorRadeon R300
MXM-IIBus InterfaceAGP Pro 8x

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
20.32 GB/sBandwidth32.00 GB/s

Performance

3.760 GPixel/sPixel fillrate7.600 GPixel/s
7.520 GTexel/sTexture fillrate7.600 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

635 MHz
1270 Mbps effective
Memory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
470 MHzGPU Clock475 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
8ROPs16

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthSingle-slot
20 WThermal design power (TDP)54 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX9.0b (9_2)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A