ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD vs GeForce 8800 GTS 112
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | G80 | M71 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 19 November 2007 (18 years ago) | 1 March 2007 (19 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 112 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 479 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 107 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 28.00 | 1.916 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2688 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 20 | 4 |
| TMUs | 28 | 4 |
| L2 Cache | 80 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 640 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 32 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 378 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 3.024 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 November 2007 | 1 March 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 640 MB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 80 nm |
8800 GTS 112 has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount.
ATI Mobility X2300 HD, on the other hand, has a 13% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112 and Mobility Radeon X2300 HD. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon X2300 HD is a notebook one.
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