GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs 8800 GS

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Aggregated performance score

8800 GS
2008
384 MB GDDR3
0.85

RTX 4060 Mobile outperforms 8800 GS by 4848% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking109081
Place by popularitynot in top-10050
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameG92GN21-X4
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date31 January 2008 (16 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$145 no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores963072
Core clock speed550 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2370 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate26.40181.4
Floating-point performance264 gflopsno data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 8800 GS and GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount384 MB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.9

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 HD2−3
−5850%
119
+5850%
1440p1−2
−6600%
67
+6600%
4K0−141

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 0.85 42.06
Recency 31 January 2008 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 384 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 115 Watt

The GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 GS is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is a notebook one.


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