GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce 8600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce 8600M GT
92
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce 8600M GT
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
G92B
G84M
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2009
June 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
738 MHz
475 MHz
CUDA cores
128
-
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
32
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
7.600
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
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
3.0
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A