NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G73GPU NameG84
CurieArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
90 nmProcess Size80 nm
177 millionTransistors289 million
125 mm²Die Size169 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 18th, 2006Release DateApr 17th, 2007
GeForce Go 7
(Go 7000)
FamilyGeForce 8
(8600)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce Go 6PredecessorGeForce 7 PCIe
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeDDR2
256 bitMemory Bus128 bit
21.31 GB/sBandwidth12.80 GB/s

Performance

2.800 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.320 GPixel/s
4.200 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.320 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

333 MHz
666 Mbps effective
Memory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
350 MHzGPU Clock540 MHz

Render Config

12TMUs8
8ROPs8

Board Design

20 WThermal design power (TDP)47 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
2.1OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model4.0