GeForce 8600 GS vs Radeon HD 3450

GeForce 8600 GS
Radeon HD 3450
16 Shaders
512MB DDR2
540MHz
40 Shaders
256MB DDR2
600MHz
FP32
0.04 TFLOPS
FP32
0.05 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
47W
TDP
25W
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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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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Family
GeForce 8000
Family
Radeon HD 3000
Codename
NV84
G84
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Codename
Koopa
RV620
Variant
RV620 LE
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/1/2007
Release Date
1/23/2008
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
67 mm²
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Count
181 Million
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Transistor Density
2.70M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
16 Shaders
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Shading Units
40 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
8 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
4 TMUs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
2 SMs
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Compute Units
2 CUs
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1180MHz Shader
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540MHz
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600MHz
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FP32
0.04 TFLOPS
FP32
0.05 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.01 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
4.32 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
2.4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
4.32 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
2.4 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
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Unknown
L2
64KB Shared
L2
64KB Shared
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512MB
DDR2
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256MB
DDR2
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
400MHz
Transfer Rate
800MT/s
Bandwidth
12.8GB/s
Clock
500MHz
Transfer Rate
1GT/s
Bandwidth
8GB/s
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TDP
47W
TDP
25W
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1x VGA
1x S-Video
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x S-Video
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
Model
UVD 1.0
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Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
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
Shader Model
4.1
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GFX
3
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
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