GeForce 8800 GT vs GTX 780 Rev. 2

Place in the ranking	427	1045
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.25	0.02
Power efficiency	2.98	0.68
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GK110B	G92
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 September 2013 (11 years ago)	29 October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780 Rev. 2 has 6150% better value for money than 8800 GT.

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 cores	2304	112
Core clock speed	863 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	902 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,080 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	173.2	33.60
Floating-point processing power	4.156 TFLOPS	0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	16
TMUs	192	56

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).

Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Height	no data	Single Slot
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	2-way

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	57.6 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	3.5	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.78	1.22
Recency	10 September 2013	29 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	105 Watt

GTX 780 Rev. 2 has a 783.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

8800 GT, on the other hand, has 138.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.