GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q vs 8800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1045not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG92GA103S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 October 2007 (17 years ago)25 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1127424
Core clock speed600 MHz585 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1125 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt80 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.60261.0
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS16.7 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs56232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
HeightSingle Slotno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options2-way-

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 amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s384.0 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTVNo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bitno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 October 2007 25 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 14 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 712.5% more advanced lithography process, and 31.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 GT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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