GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs 8800 Ultra

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8800 Ultra and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

8800 Ultra
2007
512 MB GDDR3, 171 Watt
1.67

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms 8800 Ultra by a whopping 4110% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking94419
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0222.70
Power efficiency0.6713.77
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG80GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 May 2007 (17 years ago)31 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$829 $1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3080 Ti has 113400% better value for money than 8800 Ultra.

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 cores61210240
Core clock speed612 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1665 MHz
Number of transistors681 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate39.17532.8
Floating-point processing power0.3871 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs24112
TMUs32320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length270 mm285 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 12-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1080 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth103.7 GB/s912.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 Ultra 1.67
RTX 3080 Ti 70.31
+4110%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

8800 Ultra 642
RTX 3080 Ti 27093
+4120%

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 HD5−6
−4240%
217
+4240%
1440p3−4
−4633%
142
+4633%
4K2−3
−4800%
98
+4800%

Cost per frame, $

1080p165.805.53
1440p276.338.44
4K414.5012.23

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 219
+0%
219
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 184
+0%
184
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 160
+0%
160
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 407
+0%
407
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100
+0%
100
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 146
+0%
146
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 310
+0%
310
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 359
+0%
359
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+0%
181
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 97
+0%
97
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 86
+0%
86
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 99
+0%
99
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Hitman 3 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 240
+0%
240
+0%
Metro Exodus 141
+0%
141
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 269
+0%
269
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 152
+0%
152
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
+0%
61
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
+0%
50
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 161
+0%
161
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
+0%
59
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

This is how 8800 Ultra and RTX 3080 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 4240% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 Ti is 4633% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 Ti is 4800% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.67 70.31
Recency 2 May 2007 31 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 350 Watt

8800 Ultra has 104.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Ti, on the other hand, has a 4110.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 Ultra in performance tests.


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