GeForce RTX 4090 vs 8800 GT Mac Edition

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1
Place by popularitynot in top-1006
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data18.82
Power efficiencyno data15.23
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG92AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 February 2008 (16 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores11216384
Core clock speed600 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors754 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rate33.601,290
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs16176
TMUs56512
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm304 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s1.01 TB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2008 20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 450 Watt

8800 GT Mac Edition has 260% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition and GeForce RTX 4090. We've got no test results to judge.


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

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition
GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GeForce RTX 4090

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


2.2 11 votes

Rate GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.7 14865 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 4090 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.