NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4550
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4550

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 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT  vs  ATI Radeon HD 4550.

not rated
Place in performance rating
1010
0.71
Value for money (0-100)
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Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale
G84
Code name
RV710
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
30 September 2008 (13 years ago)
$159
Launch price (MSRP)
$59
$113 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$135 (2.3x MSRP)
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Value for money
0.02
G84
GPU code name
RV710
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT  vs  ATI Radeon HD 4550 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.

32
Pipelines
80
540 MHz
Core clock speed
600 MHz
289 million
Transistor count
242 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
47 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
8.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
4.800
76.16 gflops
Floating-point performance
96 gflops
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
80
289 million
Number of transistors
242 million
47 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
25 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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
+
SLI options
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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 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4550.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR2
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
700 MHz
Memory clock speed
1310 MHz
22.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
10.48 GB/s
256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4550.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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
10.1 (10_1)
2.1
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4550 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4550
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4550
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4550
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4550
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4550
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 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Cheaper ($113 (0.7x MSRP) vs $135 (2.3x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256 MB)

More memory bandwidth (22.4 GB/s vs 10.48 GB/s)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 4550

0.55% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (80 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (55 nm vs 80 nm)

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 47 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4550?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 4550 .

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT versus ATI Radeon HD 4550 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

3.0 Out of 66 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 10 Hitesti Score