Radeon HD 8600M Series
FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE

GPU Folding Overview Radeon HD 8600M Series

Folding@Home PPD for the Radeon HD 8600M Series represents the averages of folding work unit samples collected from a wide variety of users different computer hardware configurations.

Average values are used to best represent folding PPD performance of a Radeon HD 8600M Series across different F@H projects and user variables such as power settings, overclocks, operating system and specific work units which can yield wildly different highs and lows for PPD scores on the same GPU platform.

Stats as ofSunday, 26 April 2026 03:05:43

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GPU PPD Average All OS

9,645

Average of 500 most recent PPD samples.

Work Unit Samples All OS

2,373

All-time sample volume for this GPU profile.

Overall Rank All GPUs

#422

Ranked 422 of 439 tracked GPUs.

Brand Rank AMD GPUs

#125

Ranked 125 of 133 AMD GPUs.

Folding STATISTICS Sun [Radeon HD 8600M Series] - AMD

DATA SAMPLES INFO
Filter applied, PPD samples all time
AVERAGE FOLDING PERFORMANCE
Based on ALL available PPD samples by filter
WORK UNIT PPD RECORDS
All Time
OS FILTER SAMPLES PPD
WU Per 24hrs
Time Per WU
Points Per WU
BEST PPD
WORST PPD
All OS AVG 2373 8,404 0.31 76 hrs 47 mins 26,888 29,221 4,498
Windows 2373 8,404 0.31 76 hrs 47 mins 26,888 29,221 4,498

Recent Work Unit Performance - Radeon HD 8600M Series

Average PPD is impacted by the types of research work units being done as they return different amounts of points and take different amounts of time.

The following shows the work unit allocation of research causes to better understand changes in PPD over time for the Radeon HD 8600M Series.

No work unit data recorded for the Radeon HD 8600M Series in the past 12 weeks.

Data is provided in legacy mode until new work units are folded using our web client.

Recent Work Unit Performance Clusters - Radeon HD 8600M Series

The following visualization illustrates the PPD / Credit allocation of work units across different research causes, providing insight into how PPD varies by work unit PPD samples for the Radeon HD 8600M Series.

This analysis helps better understand the relationship between research causes and PPD/Credit, highlighting any performance trends as clusters or anomalies as outliers.

Radeon HD 8600M Series kWh POWER CONSUMPTION & COST

Power consumption information for the Radeon HD 8600M Series is based on an average wattage taken from vendor information for the lowest and highest power draws for the GPU under folding@home compute loads.

Wattage information is only for the GPU and does not include the host computers power usage.

GPU Power Draw
Watts - TDP
Daily Power Usage
kWh
Points per
kWh
Daily Cost at $0.10
per kWh
Power Cost
per 1m Points
45 W 1.08 kWh 8,931 $0.11 $11.198

Radeon HD 8600M Series COMPUTE VS kWH USAGE DAY, MONTH, WEEK & YEAR

Folding@Home compute projections for the Radeon HD 8600M Series can be used to help inform long term point goals and related costs based on 24/7 usage.

Duration Nick Name Points
Average
Work Units
Average
Power Usage
kWh
Power Cost
at $0.10 per kWh
Day PPD 9,645 0.32 1.08 kWh $0.11
Week PPW 67,515 2.22 7.56 kWh $0.76
Month PPM 293,368 9.64 32.85 kWh $3.29
Year PPY 3,520,425 115.65 394.20 kWh $39.42

5 BEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - Radeon HD 8600M Series

The following data is the average PPD values for Radeon HD 8600M Series project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 12111 Peptide-Conformation-Modeling 28,689 11,620 2.47 9 hrs 43 mins
2 12424 alzheimers 10,878 47,618 0.23 105 hrs 4 mins
3 18454 biofilm 8,149 22,053 0.37 64 hrs 57 mins
4 12434 biofilm 8,074 22,053 0.37 65 hrs 33 mins
5 17638 cancer 7,360 37,460 0.20 122 hrs 9 mins

5 LOWEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - Radeon HD 8600M Series

The following data is the average PPD values for Radeon HD 8600M Series project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 17637 cancer 6,466 35,694 0.18 132 hrs 29 mins
2 19218 membrane transport 7,306 14,463 0.51 47 hrs 31 mins
3 17638 cancer 7,360 37,460 0.20 122 hrs 9 mins
4 12434 biofilm 8,074 22,053 0.37 65 hrs 33 mins
5 18454 biofilm 8,149 22,053 0.37 64 hrs 57 mins