GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 7500G
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1206 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.37 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Devastator Lite | G92 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (13 years ago) | 1 February 2008 (17 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 cores | 256 | 112 |
| Core clock speed | 327 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 424 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 754 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 125 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.784 | 33.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2171 TFLOPS | 0.336 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | 56 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
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 | IGP | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 57.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 May 2012 | 1 February 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 125 Watt |
HD 7500G has an age advantage of 4 years, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 635.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7500G and GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7500G is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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