
GeForce 8600M GT SLI and Radeon 740M - video card comparison
GeForce 8600M GT SLI
Radeon 740M
Architecture
G8x (2007−2008)
RDNA 3
GPU code name
NB8P-GS
Phoenix
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2007
May 2023
Interface
-
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
-
2500 MHz
Core clock speed
475 MHz
1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
598 Million
25,390 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
64
256
Power consumption (TDP)
20 Watt
30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
-
40.00
Memory type
GDDR3, GDDR2
System Shared
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
System Shared
Memory bus width
128 Bit
System Shared
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
System Shared
Shared memory
-
+
Display Connectors
-
Portable Device Dependent
DirectX
10
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
-
2.1
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.7
Vulkan
-
1.3