GeForce 8800 GTS 112 vs 7100 GS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1429not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameNV44 B2G80
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 August 2006 (18 years ago)19 November 2007 (17 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 coresno data112
Core clock speed350 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors75 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rate1.40028.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs220
TMUs428

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB640 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed266 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth4.256 GB/s64 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2006 19 November 2007
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 640 MB
Chip lithography 110 nm 90 nm

8800 GTS 112 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 22.2% more advanced lithography process.

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