GeForce RTX 2070 vs ATI FirePro V8800
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 130 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 25.63 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.82 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Cypress | TU106 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 April 2010 (15 years ago) | 17 October 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,499 | $499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 1600 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1620 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 208 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 66.00 | 233.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.64 TFLOPS | 7.465 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 288 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
| L1 Cache | 160 KB | 2.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 4 MB |
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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 229 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 8-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1150 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 147.2 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 April 2010 | 17 October 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 208 Watt | 175 Watt |
RTX 2070 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 18.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro V8800 and GeForce RTX 2070. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro V8800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 2070 is a desktop one.
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