FirePro V7900 SDI vs GeForce 8800 GTX

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	975	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	G80	Cayman
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	8 November 2006 (17 years ago)	24 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1280
CUDA cores	575	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	725 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	224 Watt
Texture fill rate	36.86	58.00
Floating-point performance	0.3456 gflops	1.856 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).

Bus support	no data	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	270 mm	279 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	full height / full length
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	160 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	4x SDI
StereoOutput3D	-	+
DisplayPort count	no data	4
Dual-link DVI support	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 November 2006	24 May 2011
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	90 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	224 Watt

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