Intel HD Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

What is the difference between Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Bay Trail GT1GPU NameG84
Generation 7.0ArchitectureTesla
IntelFoundryTSMC
22 nmProcess Size80 nm
unknownTransistors289 million
unknownDie Size169 mm²

Graphics Card

Sep 2nd, 2013Release DateApr 17th, 2007
HD Graphics-T
(Bay Trail)
FamilyGeForce 8
(8600)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Ring BusBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

System SharedMemory Size128 MB
System SharedMemory TypeGDDR3
System SharedMemory Bus128 bit
System DependentBandwidth24.00 GB/s

Performance

646.0 MPixel/sPixel fillrate4.800 GPixel/s
2.584 GTexel/sTexture fillrate9.600 GTexel/s
41.34 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance92.80 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock750 MHz
1500 Mbps effective

Render Config

32Shading Units32
4TMUs16
1ROPs8

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthSingle-slot
4 WThermal design power (TDP)47 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI

API support

11.1 (11_0)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
4.0OpenGL3.3
1.2OpenCL1.1
1.0VulkanN/A
5.0Shader Model4.0