ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition

What is the difference between ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

M28GPU NameG84
R400ArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size80 nm
160 millionTransistors289 million
289 mm²Die Size169 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 1st, 2005Release DateOct 5th, 2007
M2x
(Mobility X1)
FamilyGeForce 8M
(8000M)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
M1xPredecessorGeForce Go 7
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfaceMXM-II

Memory

256 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus128 bit
35.20 GB/sBandwidth20.32 GB/s

Performance

7.680 GPixel/sPixel fillrate3.760 GPixel/s
7.680 GTexel/sTexture fillrate7.520 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

550 MHz
1100 Mbps effective
Memory Clock635 MHz
1270 Mbps effective
480 MHzGPU Clock470 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
16ROPs8

Board Design

unknownThermal design power (TDP)20 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

9.0b (9_2)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
2.1OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A