GeForce 256 SDR vs 8800M GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1055not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.27no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameG92NV10 A3
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 November 2007 (17 years ago)11 October 1999 (25 years ago)

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 cores96no data
Core clock speed500 MHz120 MHz
Number of transistors754 million17 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.000.48
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs484

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-HEAGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeGDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz143 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s1.144 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)7.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.2
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2007 11 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 32 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 220 nm

8800M GTX has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 238.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800M GTX and GeForce 256 SDR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800M GTX is a notebook card while GeForce 256 SDR is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
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