ATI FireGL 8800 vs GeForce 705M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1063not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.49no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGF119R200
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date27 September 2013 (11 years ago)14 August 2001 (23 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 cores48no data
Core clock speed475 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors292 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.8002.400
Floating-point processing power0.0912 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs88

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 supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz290 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s9.28 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x VGA
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 2560x1600no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 2560x1600no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 September 2013 14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

GeForce 705M has an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 705M and FireGL 8800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 705M is a notebook card while FireGL 8800 is a workstation one.


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