GeForce 8800 GT vs FirePro D500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D500 with GeForce 8800 GT, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D500
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
10.83
+773%

D500 outperforms 8800 GT by a whopping 773% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4221034
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.02
Power efficiency2.740.69
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTahitiG92
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)29 October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$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 cores1536112
Core clock speed725 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate69.6033.60
Floating-point processing power2.227 TFLOPS0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs9656

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length279 mm229 mm
Heightno dataSingle Slot
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount3 GB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth243.8 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDIDual 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.

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.83 1.24
Recency 18 January 2014 29 October 2007
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 105 Watt

FirePro D500 has a 773.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

8800 GT, on the other hand, has 161% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 8800 GT is a desktop one.


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