GeForce 8800 GTS 512 vs Quadro P4000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	264	988
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.02	0.04
Power efficiency	14.36	0.75
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GP104	G92
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	11 January 2017 (7 years ago)	11 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$819.61	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

P4000 Mobile has 19950% better value for money than 8800 GTS 512.

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 cores	1792	128
Core clock speed	1227 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	135 Watt
Texture fill rate	137.4	41.60
Floating-point processing power	4.398 TFLOPS	0.416 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	16
TMUs	112	64

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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	254 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	820 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	52.48 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 Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.4	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
3D Stereo	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	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	20.60	1.46
Recency	11 January 2017	11 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	135 Watt

P4000 Mobile has a 1311% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 306.3% more advanced lithography process, and 35% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P4000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 8800 GTS 512 is a desktop one.

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