NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4550
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
$159
ATI Radeon HD 4550
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32 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
540MHz
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80 Shaders
256MB DDR2
600MHz
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Peak AI Performance
0.08 TOPS
INT32
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Peak AI Performance
100 GFLOPS
FP32
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FP32
80 GFLOPS
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FP32
100 GFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
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TDP
47W
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TDP
25W
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Peak AI Performance
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GeForce 8600 GT - 0.08 TOPS INT32
x1
Radeon HD 4550 - 100 GFLOPS FP32
x1.25
FP32
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GeForce 8600 GT - 80 GFLOPS FP32
x1
Radeon HD 4550 - 100 GFLOPS FP32
x1.25
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GeForce 8600 GT - 22.4GB/s
x2.13
Radeon HD 4550 - 10.5GB/s
x1
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GeForce 8600 GT - 47W
x1.88
Radeon HD 4550 - 25W
x1
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Manufacturer
ATI
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Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
ATI
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Architecture
Tesla
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Architecture
TeraScale 1
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Family
GeForce 8000
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Family
Radeon HD 4000
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Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
G84-303-A2
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Codename
Luigi
RV710
Variant
RV710
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Release Date
4/17/2007
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Release Date
9/30/2008
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Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Fabrication Node
55nm
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Die Size
169 mm²
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Die Size
73 mm²
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Count
242 Million
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Transistor Density
3.32M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
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Form
PCIe Card
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Shading Units
80 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
8 TMUs
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Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Render Output Units
4 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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-
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Compute Units
1 CU
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1188MHz Shader
540MHz
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600MHz
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Peak AI Performance
0.08 TOPS
INT32
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Peak AI Performance
100 GFLOPS
FP32
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FP32
80 GFLOPS
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FP32
100 GFLOPS
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INT32
0.08 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
4.32 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
2.4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
8.64 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
4.8 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
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L1
16KB/CU
-
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L2
64KB Shared
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L2
64KB Shared
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512MB
GDDR3
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256MB
DDR2
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Bus Width
128Bit
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Bus Width
64Bit
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Clock
700MHz
Transfer Rate
1.4GT/s
Bandwidth
22.4GB/s
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Clock
655MHz
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
Bandwidth
10.5GB/s
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TDP
47W
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TDP
25W
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1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x DisplayPort 1.0
1x HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
2
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Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
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Model
UVD 2.2
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-
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Codec
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
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Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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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
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Shader Model
4.1
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GFX
3
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-
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-
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1x Fan
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-
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
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-
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
170 mm (6.69 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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