Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | G80 | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 19 November 2007 (18 years ago) | 1 June 2018 (7 years 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 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 1138 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1301 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.00 | 291.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2688 TFLOPS | 9.326 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 20 | 64 |
| TMUs | 28 | 224 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 896 KB |
| L2 Cache | 80 KB | 4 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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 640 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 409.6 GB/s |
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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.125 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 November 2007 | 1 June 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 640 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 120 Watt |
RX Vega 56 Mobile has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1180% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112 and Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile is a notebook one.
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