AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

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Combined performance score

8800 GTX
1.52

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms GeForce 8800 GTX by 799% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking926348
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.0214.41
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameG80Vega Mobile
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date8 November 2006 (17 years old)15 November 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data
Current price$357 (0.6x MSRP)$360
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 20 has 71950% better value for money than 8800 GTX.

Technical specs

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 cores1281280
CUDA cores575no data
Core clock speed576 MHz815 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1283 MHz
Number of transistors681 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)155 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate36.8 billion/sec102.6
Floating-point performance345.6 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 8800 GTX and Radeon Pro Vega 20 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length270 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount768 MB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit1024 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1480 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s189.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.3
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
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 1.52
Pro Vega 20 13.67
+799%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms GeForce 8800 GTX by 799% in our combined 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
Pro Vega 20 5299
+798%

Radeon Pro Vega 20 outperforms GeForce 8800 GTX by 798% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD6−7
−917%
61
+917%
4K4−5
−925%
41
+925%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.52 13.67
Recency 8 November 2006 15 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 100 Watt

The Radeon Pro Vega 20 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GTX in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 GTX is a desktop card while Radeon Pro Vega 20 is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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