Radeon R7 Graphics vs GeForce 8800 GS

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1094not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameG92Spectre
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date31 January 2008 (16 years ago)11 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Current price$145 $150

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 cores96512
Core clock speed550 MHz686 MHz
Boost clock speedno data980 MHz
Number of transistors754 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate26.4031.36
Floating-point performance264 gflops526.8 gflops

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 x16IGP
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount384 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.0
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 January 2008 11 January 2014
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 15 Watt

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