GeForce 7950 GX2 vs 8800 GTX

Place in performance ranking	931	1188
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G80	G71
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	8 November 2006 (17 years ago)	5 June 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$599
Current price	$357 (0.6x MSRP)	$252 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

8800 GTX and 7950 GX2 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	no data
CUDA cores	575	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion/sec	12.00
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops	no data

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 1.0 x16
Length	270 mm	270 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 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)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	4.0	3.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

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 GTX 1.53
+194%

7950 GX2 0.52

8800 GTX outperforms 7950 GX2 by 194% based on our aggregate 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 GTX 590
+194%

7950 GX2 201

8800 GTX outperforms 7950 GX2 by 194% in Passmark.