Radeon 890M vs GeForce 8800 GTS 112
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 315 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 100.00 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) |
| GPU code name | G80 | Strix Point |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 19 November 2007 (18 years ago) | 15 July 2024 (1 year ago) |
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 cores | 112 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 34,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.00 | 185.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2688 TFLOPS | 5.939 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 20 | 32 |
| TMUs | 28 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 80 KB | 2 MB |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 640 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 November 2007 | 15 July 2024 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 15 Watt |
Radeon 890M has an age advantage of 16 years, a 2150% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112 and Radeon 890M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon 890M is a notebook one.
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