GeForce 8800 GS vs Radeon R7 (Kaveri)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 (Kaveri) with GeForce 8800 GS, including specs and performance data.

R7 (Kaveri)
2014
1.59
+84.9%

R7 (Kaveri) outperforms 8800 GS by an impressive 85% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9551124
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.57
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameKaveriG92
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)31 January 2008 (16 years ago)

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 cores51296
Core clock speed553 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed686 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data105 Watt
Texture fill rateno data26.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.264 TFLOPS
ROPsno data12
TMUsno data48

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data384 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data38.4 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-1.1

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD14
+100%
7−8
−100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14
+100%
7−8
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+106%
16−18
−106%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
+90%
10−11
−90%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+106%
16−18
−106%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+106%
16−18
−106%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Hitman 3 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

This is how R7 (Kaveri) and 8800 GS compete in popular games:

  • R7 (Kaveri) is 100% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.59 0.86
Recency 4 June 2014 31 January 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm

R7 (Kaveri) has a 84.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R7 (Kaveri) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 (Kaveri) is a notebook card while GeForce 8800 GS is a desktop one.


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