GeForce RTX 5060 vs 8800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1049not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency0.67no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameG92GB206
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 October 2007 (17 years ago)2025
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 cores1124608
Core clock speed600 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.60362.9
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs56144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 5.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
HeightSingle Slotno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 16-pin
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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s80 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 DVIHDTV1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
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 Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+9.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 170 Watt

8800 GT has 61.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 5060, on the other hand, has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce RTX 5060. We've got no test results to judge.


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