NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT vs GT 630
General info
Technical specs
Memory
Technologies
Benchmarks
Mining
Gaming
Conclusion
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General info
Comparison of GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630 architecture, market type and release date.
Technical specs
GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines
112
96
CUDA cores
112
n/d
Core clock speed
1500 MHz
810 MHz
Transistor count
754 million
585 million
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
n/d
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion / sec
12.96 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
311.0 gflops
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630 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).
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
n/d
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Length
9" (22.9 cm)
145 mm
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
2-way
-
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB / s
28.8 GB / s
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630.
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
n/d
Multi monitor support
+
n/d
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
n/d
Audio input for HDMI
S / PDIF
n/d
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
n/d
3D Vision
+
-
CUDA
+
-
API support
APIs supported by GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
8800 GT
0.69
GT 630
0.69
Passmark
8800 GT
747 +0.1%
GT 630
746
Rendering quality tests
GFXBench render quality
4404 −3.1%
4541 +3.1%
GFXBench high precision render quality
4404 −3.1%
4541 +3.1%
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
n/d
20 Mh/s
Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce GT 630 are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Wider memory bus (256 vs 128 bit)
More pipelines (112 vs 96)
Higher memory bandwidth (57.6 vs 28.8 GB/s)
3D Vision
PhysX (hardware acceleration of physical simulation engine named PhysX)
CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture - an API for video card computing power usage in tasks different from 3D graphics processing. Can be used for physics simulation for instance)
3D Vision Surround
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
Much newer (15 May 2012 vs 29 October 2007)
Cheaper ($99.99 vs $349)
Finer manufacturing process technology (40 vs 65 nm)
Less power hungry (65 vs 105 watts)
So, 8800 GT or GT 630?
Technical City couldn't decide between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630. The differences in performance seem too small.
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