GeForce 8800 GTS 512 vs GTX 560 Ti 448

Place in performance ranking	504	989
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.61	0.03
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GF110	G92
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	29 November 2011 (12 years ago)	11 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$289	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 560 Ti 448 has 5267% better value for money than 8800 GTS 512.

Detailed specifications

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	448	128
Core clock speed	732 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	135 Watt
Texture fill rate	40.99	41.60
Floating-point performance	1.312 gflops	0.416 gflops

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	254 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3800 MHz	1640 MHz
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB/s	52.48 GB/s

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	1.1

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.20	1.47
Recency	29 November 2011	11 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	135 Watt

GTX 560 Ti 448 has a 457.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

8800 GTS 512, on the other hand, has 55.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 in performance tests.

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