GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition - video card comparison
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G92
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2007
April 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
2-way
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
32
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
9.600
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
24 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
2x DVI
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-