GeForce 8800 GS vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc 8-Core iGPU with GeForce 8800 GS, including specs and performance data.

Arc 8-Core iGPU
2023
18.53
+2055%

Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms 8800 GS by a whopping 2055% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3011135
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.56
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUG92
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year 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 cores896
Core clock speedno data550 MHz
Boost clock speed2300 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data754 million
Manufacturing process technology5 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).

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 widthno data192 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_211.1 (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 HD36
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
1440p190−1
4K150−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 26
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Elden Ring 30
+2900%
1−2
−2900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+2850%
2−3
−2850%
Counter-Strike 2 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Forza Horizon 4 71
+2267%
3−4
−2267%
Metro Exodus 40
+3900%
1−2
−3900%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Valorant 75−80
+2400%
3−4
−2400%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+2850%
2−3
−2850%
Counter-Strike 2 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Dota 2 25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Elden Ring 55−60
+2800%
2−3
−2800%
Far Cry 5 34
+3300%
1−2
−3300%
Fortnite 95−100
+2375%
4−5
−2375%
Forza Horizon 4 59
+2850%
2−3
−2850%
Grand Theft Auto V 25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Metro Exodus 29
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+2440%
5−6
−2440%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+2800%
2−3
−2800%
Valorant 75−80
+2400%
3−4
−2400%
World of Tanks 220−230
+2120%
10−11
−2120%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+2850%
2−3
−2850%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+3100%
2−3
−3100%
Forza Horizon 4 46
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+2440%
5−6
−2440%
Valorant 75−80
+2400%
3−4
−2400%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 11 0−1
Elden Ring 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Grand Theft Auto V 11 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+2286%
7−8
−2286%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18 0−1
World of Tanks 120−130
+2440%
5−6
−2440%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Far Cry 5 45−50
+2300%
2−3
−2300%
Forza Horizon 4 30
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+4100%
1−2
−4100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Valorant 45−50
+2250%
2−3
−2250%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Dota 2 9 0−1
Elden Ring 12−14 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 9 0−1
Metro Exodus 12−14 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+2650%
2−3
−2650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Far Cry 5 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Fortnite 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Forza Horizon 4 15 0−1
Valorant 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%

This is how Arc 8-Core iGPU and 8800 GS compete in popular games:

  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 3500% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.53 0.86
Recency 14 December 2023 31 January 2008
Chip lithography 5 nm 65 nm

Arc 8-Core iGPU has a 2054.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc 8-Core iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that Arc 8-Core iGPU is a notebook card while GeForce 8800 GS is a desktop one.


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