ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

R481GPU NameG84
R481 XT
(215RAFCGA11F)
Model numberG84-303-A2
R400ArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size80 nm
160 millionTransistors289 million
297 mm²Die Size169 mm²

Graphics Card

Feb 28th, 2005Release DateApr 17th, 2007
Radeon R400 AGP
(X850)
FamilyGeForce 8
(8600)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R300PredecessorGeForce 7 PCIe
AGP 8xBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus128 bit
37.76 GB/sBandwidth22.40 GB/s

Performance

8.640 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.320 GPixel/s
8.640 GTexel/sTexture fillrate8.640 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

590 MHz
1180 Mbps effective
Memory Clock700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
540 MHzGPU Clock540 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
16ROPs8

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
186 mm
7.3 inches
Length170 mm
6.7 inches
67 WThermal design power (TDP)47 W
250 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x MolexPower ConnectorsNone

API support

9.0b (9_2)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
2.1OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A