Intel HD Graphics 405 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

What is the difference between Intel HD Graphics 405 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Braswell GT1GPU NameG84
Generation 8.0ArchitectureTesla
IntelFoundryTSMC
14 nmProcess Size80 nm
unknownTransistors289 million
unknownDie Size169 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 1st, 2015Release DateApr 17th, 2007
HD Graphics-T
(Airmont)
FamilyGeForce 8
(8600)
ActiveProductionEnd-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

1.200 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.800 GPixel/s
9.600 GTexel/sTexture fillrate9.600 GTexel/s
153.6 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance92.80 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock750 MHz
1500 Mbps effective

Render Config

128Shading Units32
16TMUs16
2ROPs8

Board Design

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

API support

12 (11_1)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
4.3OpenGL3.3
3.0OpenCL1.1
1.0VulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model4.0