Radeon R5 A320 vs GeForce 8800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1035not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.72no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameG92Jet
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 October 2007 (17 years ago)2015 (9 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 cores112320
Core clock speed600 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speedno data825 MHz
Number of transistors754 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.6016.50
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPSno data
ROPs168
TMUs5620

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 3.0 x8
Length229 mmno data
HeightSingle Slotno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s16 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 DVIHDTVPortable Device Dependent
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)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.06.5 (5.1)
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.1 (1.2)
VulkanN/A1.2.170
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm

R5 A320 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GT and Radeon R5 A320. We've got no test results to judge.


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