GeForce 8800 GS vs 8800 GTS 512

Place in performance ranking	941	1092
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	0.01
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92	G92
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 December 2007 (16 years ago)	31 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	no data
Current price	$146 (0.4x MSRP)	$145

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

8800 GTS 512 has 300% better value for money than 8800 GS.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	96
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	105 Watt
Texture fill rate	41.60	26.40
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops	264 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	254 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	384 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	52.48 GB/s	38.4 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8800 GTS 512 1.47
+72.9%

8800 GS 0.85

8800 GTS 512 outperforms 8800 GS by 73% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8800 GTS 512 568
+72.1%

8800 GS 330

8800 GTS 512 outperforms 8800 GS by 72% in Passmark.