GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition vs Radeon RX 460

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking432not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.12no data
Power efficiency9.88no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameBaffinG92
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 February 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86 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 cores896112
Core clock speed1090 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,000 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate67.2033.60
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPS0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs5656

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 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Length170 mm229 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s57.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2016 1 February 2008
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 125 Watt

RX 460 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 460 and GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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