Radeon RX 580 XTR vs GeForce 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)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameG92Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 October 2007 (17 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 $229

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 cores1122304
Core clock speed600 MHz1257 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1340 MHz
Number of transistors754 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt185 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.60193.0
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1632
TMUs56144

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 3.0 x16
Length229 mm241 mm
HeightSingle Slotno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s256.0 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 DVIHDTV1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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)12.0 (12_0)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.14.5
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 October 2007 18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 185 Watt

8800 GT has 76.2% lower power consumption.

RX 580 XTR, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GT and Radeon RX 580 XTR. We've got no test results to judge.


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