GeForce 8800 GS vs FirePro V5900

Place in the ranking	742	1131
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.05	0.57
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Cayman	G92
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	24 May 2011 (13 years ago)	31 January 2008 (16 years ago)

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	512	96
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	105 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	26.40
Floating-point processing power	0.6144 TFLOPS	0.264 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	12
TMUs	32	48

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	230 mm	229 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	384 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	38.4 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

1x DVI

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro V5900 3.28
+281%

8800 GS 0.86

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro V5900 1264
+283%

8800 GS 330

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.28	0.86
Recency	24 May 2011	31 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	384 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	105 Watt

FirePro V5900 has a 281.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

The FirePro V5900 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro V5900 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 8800 GS is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.