GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6230
GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6230

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6230.

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Place in performance rating
1050
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 2
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Code name
Park
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Type
Desktop
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
2 July 2011 (10 years ago)
$159
Launch price (MSRP)
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G84
GPU code name
Park
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6230 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
80
600 MHz
Core clock speed
650 MHz
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Transistor count
292 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
9.600
Texture fill rate
5.200
92.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
104 gflops
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
80
289 million
Number of transistors
292 million
47 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition and AMD Radeon HD 6230 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
170 mm
Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon HD 6230.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR2
128 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1334 MHz
24 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
10.67 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon HD 6230.

2x DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI
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HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

1.1
CUDA
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition and AMD Radeon HD 6230 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
3.3
OpenGL
4.4
N/A
Vulkan
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4.0
Shader Model
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1.1
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition and AMD Radeon HD 6230 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition or AMD Radeon HD 6230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
AMD Radeon HD 6230
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
AMD Radeon HD 6230
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

More memory bandwidth (24 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6230

2.02% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 80 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 128 MB)

So, GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition or AMD Radeon HD 6230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6230 .

GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition versus AMD Radeon HD 6230 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

2.5 Out of 2 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score