Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 vs GeForce 8800 GT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1105	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Power efficiency	0.67	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	G92	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	29 October 2007 (17 years ago)	31 January 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	112	1536
Core clock speed	600 MHz	925 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	185 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.60	88.80
Floating-point processing power	0.336 TFLOPS	2.842 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	56	96

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	267 mm
Height	Single Slot	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	2-way	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	240.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)

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API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 October 2007	31 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	3 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	185 Watt

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