ATI Radeon 9000 vs GeForce 8800 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking966not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.71no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameG80RV250
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2006 (17 years ago)1 July 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 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 cores575no data
Core clock speed576 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors681 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)155 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate36.861.000
Floating-point processing power0.3456 TFLOPSno data
ROPs244
TMUs324

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 x16AGP 4x
Length270 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount768 MB64 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s6.4 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-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)8.1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

8800 GTX 590
+14650%
ATI 9000 4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 November 2006 1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 28 Watt

8800 GTX has an age advantage of 4 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9000, on the other hand, has 453.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTX and Radeon 9000. We've got no test results to judge.


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