ATI Radeon HD 2950 PRO 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 ranking944not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.67no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG80RV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 May 2007 (17 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$829 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 cores612320
Core clock speed612 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors681 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate39.179.600
Floating-point processing power0.3871 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs3216

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 2.0 x16
Length270 mm208 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin
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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1080 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth103.7 GB/s38.4 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-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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 (full) 4.0 (partial)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 75 Watt

8800 Ultra has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI HD 2950 PRO, on the other hand, has a 63.6% more advanced lithography process, and 128% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 Ultra and Radeon HD 2950 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.


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