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NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS is a graphics card released on May 1, 2007, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 16 shading units, 256 MB of video memory on a 128-bit bus, 22.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 600 MHz and a 20 W board power rating. It scores 89 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

TeslaNB8P(G84)

8/10 key specs recorded · 24 facts

Depth: 33 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

16cores

Memory

256 MB

128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

600 MHz base

Board power

20 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS scores 89 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 15.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,439), measured across 313 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 34.

PassMark G3D Mark

Rank #2,439
Faster than 15.6% of 2,658 GPUs
313 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 5.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS averages DirectX 9 4 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 313 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 600 MHz

Memory clock 1400 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 20 W

First benchmarked 2009-04-02

Samples 313

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS states the PCIe x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 600 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename NB8P(G84)

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the NB8P(G84) graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 16

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 8

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS.

Clock speeds

Base clock 600 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS runs at a base clock of 600 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type Not recorded

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 22.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS is equipped with 256 MB of memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 22.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS has a board power rating of 20 W and it connects over PCIe x16.

Board power (TDP) 20 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe x16

Market

Launched May 1, 2007

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS was released on May 1, 2007.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 89

PassMark G2D 34

Rank #2,439

Samples 313

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 8600GS, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1), NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS [Dox Optimised 181.20: Per, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS [Dox Optimised 181.20: Qua, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS [Dox Optimised 185.68] and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce 8600GS; NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1); NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS [Dox Optimised 181.20: Per; NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS [Dox Optimised 181.20: Qua; NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS [Dox Optimised 185.68]; NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS have?

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS has 256 MB of video memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 22.4 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS has a board power rating of 20 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS?

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS scores 89 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 15.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,439.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS use?

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS connects over PCIe x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS released?

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS was released on May 1, 2007.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G84 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.