GeForce FX 5700 and GeForce 8600M GT SLI - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce 8600M GT SLI
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
NV36
NB8P-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2003
October 2007
Interface
AGP 8x
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Core clock speed
425 MHz
475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
82 million
598 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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64
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
1.700
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Memory type
DDR
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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DirectX
9.0a
10
OpenCL
N/A
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OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
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Vulkan
N/A
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