GeForce FX 5800 vs 8800 GTX
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1045 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.65 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | G80 | NV30 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 November 2006 (18 years ago) | 6 March 2003 (22 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $299 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 575 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 576 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 125 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 155 Watt | 44 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 36.86 | 3.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3456 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 24 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 96 KB | 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 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 270 mm | 213 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x Molex |
| 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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 86.4 GB/s | 12.8 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0a |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 November 2006 | 6 March 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 155 Watt | 44 Watt |
8800 GTX has an age advantage of 3 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
FX 5800, on the other hand, has 252.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce FX 5800. We've got no test results to judge.
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