GeForce 8800 GT: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

GeForce 8800 GT provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.03% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce 8800 GT sales 29 October 2007 at a recommended price of $349. This is a Tesla architecture desktop card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.9 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 57.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 229 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 105 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 8800 GT: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking1114
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02
Power efficiency0.66of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG92
Market segmentDesktop
Release date29 October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

GeForce 8800 GT's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 8800 GT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores112of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed600 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Number of transistors754 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology65 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)105 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Maximum GPU temperature105 °C
Texture fill rate33.60of 1,968.0 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
ROPs16of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs56of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L2 Cache64 KBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 8800 GT and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm
HeightSingle Slot
Width1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin
SLI options2-way

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 8800 GT: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed900 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 8800 GT. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce 8800 GT. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bit

API and SDK support

APIs supported by GeForce 8800 GT, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.0
OpenGL2.1of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell)
OpenCL1.1
VulkanN/A
CUDA+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 8800 GT. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

8800 GT
1.03

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

8800 GT 456
Samples: 1703

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 8800 GT is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Closest competitors

GeForce 8800 GT's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.


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AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 8800 GT is Radeon HD 7560D, which is slower by 1% and lower by 8 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce 8800 GT:

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