GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs 8800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1038not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.69no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG92GT200B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 October 2007 (17 years ago)8 December 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores112192
Core clock speed600 MHz518 MHz
Number of transistors754 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.6033.15
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS0.4147 TFLOPS
ROPs1628
TMUs5664

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-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm267 mm
HeightSingle Slotno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-pin
SLI options2-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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1792 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s112.9 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTV2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno 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)128bitno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 October 2007 8 December 2009
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1792 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 182 Watt

8800 GT has 73.3% lower power consumption.

GTX 260 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 250% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GTX 260 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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