NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

852
Place in performance rating
1057
no data
Value for money (0-100)
2.82
G9x
Architecture
Tesla
G94
Code name
G84
Laptop
Type
Desktop
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$230
Price now
$70 (0.4x MSRP)
0.07
Value for money
0.06
N10E-GE1
GPU code name
G84
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

64
Pipelines
32
400 MHz
Core clock speed
675 MHz
505 million
Transistor count
289 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
45 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
13 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
128 gflops
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
64
CUDA cores
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192
Gigaflops
no data
64
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
505 million
Number of transistors
289 million
45 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
60 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Length
198 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
no data
2-way
SLI options
+
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
MXM 3.0 Type-B
MXM Type
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS, the size and number of monitors.

DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
+
PureVideo HD
no data
8.0
Power management
no data
+
PowerMizer 8.0
no data
+
MXM 3.0 Type-B
no data
+
PCI-E 2.0
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
2.1
OpenGL
2.1
N/A
Vulkan
no data
4.0
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

1.53% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (64 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (55 nm vs 80 nm)

Less power consumption (45 Watt vs 60 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (51 GB/s vs 32 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Cheaper ($70 (0.4x MSRP) vs $230)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M versus NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS performance benchmarks comparison

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