GRID K500 vs GeForce 8800 Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking939not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameG80GK104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date2 May 2007 (17 years ago)2 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$829 $3,599

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 cores6121536
Core clock speed612 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors681 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate39.1795.36
Floating-point processing power0.3871 TFLOPS2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs32128

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length270 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1080 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth103.7 GB/s160.0 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)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA+3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 May 2007 2 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 225 Watt

8800 Ultra has 31.6% lower power consumption.

GRID K500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 Ultra and GRID K500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 Ultra is a desktop card while GRID K500 is a workstation one.


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