Radeon Vega 8 Embedded 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 ranking1049not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency0.67no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameG92Raven
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 October 2007 (17 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 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 cores112512
Core clock speed600 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1101 MHz
Number of transistors754 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.6035.23
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS1.127 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs5632

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 x16IGP
Length229 mmno data
HeightSingle Slotno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTVNo outputs
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 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 October 2007 19 April 2018
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 35 Watt

Vega 8 Embedded has an age advantage of 10 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GT and Radeon Vega 8 Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.


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