Playstation 3 RSX vs GeForce 8800 GTS 640

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameG80RSX-CXD2991
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2006 (18 years ago)11 November 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 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 cores96no data
Core clock speed513 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors681 million300 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)143 Watt81 Watt
Texture fill rate24.62no data
Floating-point processing power0.2281 TFLOPSno data
ROPs20no data
TMUs24no data

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 1.0 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount640 MBno data
Memory bus width320 Bitno data
Memory clock speed792 MHz1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth63.36 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 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)N/A
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3ES 1.1
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 143 Watt 81 Watt

Playstation 3 RSX has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 76.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTS 640 and Playstation 3 RSX. We've got no test results to judge.


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