5-Core A18 Pro vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB

5-Core A18 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB
640 Shaders
Shared Memory
1470MHz
32 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
470MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.88 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
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FP32
1.88 TFLOPS
FP32
60 GFLOPS
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1.88 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
iGPU
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
Shared
TDP
20W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Peak AI Performance
1.88 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
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1.88 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.88 TFLOPS
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FP32
60 GFLOPS
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INT32
0.06 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
29.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
3.76 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
58.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.52 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Apple Gen 7
Architecture
Tesla
Family
A Series
Family
GeForce 8000
Codename
G17P
A18 Pro
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Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
NB8P
Market Segment
Smartphone
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
3/4/2026
Release Date
5/1/2007
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Die Size
169 mm²
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Form
iGPU
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
20 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
5 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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Execution Units
80 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
5 GPCs
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1470MHz
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470MHz
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L1
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L1
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L2
768KB Shared
L2
64KB Shared
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Shared Memory
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256MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
128Bit
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Clock
635MHz
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
Bandwidth
20.3GB/s
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TDP
Shared
TDP
20W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
3840x2160
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
1
Multi Monitor Support
2
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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ProRes
ProRes Raw
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
No Decoders
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
ProRes
ProRes Raw
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Change Comparison