GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition vs 9800 GT

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	1001	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.02	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92	G92
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 July 2008 (15 years old)	1 February 2008 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	no data
Current price	$154 (1x MSRP)	$42

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	112	112
CUDA cores	112	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	125 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion/sec	33.60
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	336.0 gflops

Size and 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	229 mm
Height	1-slot	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	57.6 GB/s

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 Connectors	HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	21 July 2008	1 February 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	125 Watt

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