GeForce 8800 GT vs ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1047
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.03
Power efficiencyno data0.68
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameR580+G92
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 October 2006 (18 years ago)29 October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 $349

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 coresno data112
Core clock speed650 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors384 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate10.4033.60
Floating-point processing powerno data0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1656

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 supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length230 mm229 mm
Heightno dataSingle Slot
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR4GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s57.6 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoDual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor supportno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/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)no data128bit

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.0
OpenGL2.02.1
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 October 2006 29 October 2007
Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 105 Watt

8800 GT has an age advantage of 1 year, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 19% lower power consumption.

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