ATI Radeon HD 3830 vs GeForce 8800 GTS 512

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking990not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.74no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG92RV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 December 2007 (17 years ago)1 April 2008 (16 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 cores128320
Core clock speed650 MHz668 MHz
Number of transistors754 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate41.6010.69
Floating-point processing power0.416 TFLOPS0.4275 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs6416

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 2.0 x16
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed820 MHz828 MHz
Memory bandwidth52.48 GB/s26.5 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2007 1 April 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 75 Watt

8800 GTS 512 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI HD 3830, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTS 512 and Radeon HD 3830. We've got no test results to judge.


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