GeForce GT 320 OEM vs 8800 GS
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1133 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.56 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | G92 | GT215 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 31 January 2008 (16 years ago) | 2 February 2010 (14 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 cores | 96 | 72 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 540 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 727 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 43 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 26.40 | 12.96 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.264 TFLOPS | 0.1875 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 12 | 8 |
| TMUs | 48 | 24 |
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 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 175 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 384 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 790 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s | 25.28 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 January 2008 | 2 February 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 384 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 43 Watt |
GT 320 OEM has an age advantage of 2 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 144.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GS and GeForce GT 320 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
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