Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs GeForce 8800 Ultra

Radeon HD 3870 X2
GeForce 8800 Ultra
2x 320 Shaders
2x 512MB GDDR4
825MHz
128 Shaders
768MB GDDR3
612MHz
FP32
1.06 TFLOPS
FP32
0.38 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
165W
TDP
175W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
ATI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Architecture
Tesla
Family
Radeon HD 3000
Family
GeForce 8000
Codename
Boom
R680
Variant
R680 XT
Codename
NV50
G80
Variant
G80-450-A3
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/28/2008
Release Date
5/2/2007
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
55nm
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Fabrication Node
90nm
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Die Size
2x 192 mm²
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Die Size
484 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 666 Million
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Transistor Count
681 Million
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Transistor Density
3.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
1.41M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2x 320 Shaders
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Shading Units
128 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 16 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 16 ROPs
Render Output Units
24 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
Compute Units
2x 4 CUs
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825MHz
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1500MHz Shader
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612MHz
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FP32
1.06 TFLOPS
FP32
0.38 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.21 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.05 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
13.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
14.688 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
13.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
19.584 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
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Unknown
L2
256KB Shared
L2
96KB Shared
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2x 512MB
GDDR4
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768MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
2.3GT/s
Bandwidth
72GB/s
Clock
1080MHz
Transfer Rate
2.2GT/s
Bandwidth
103.7GB/s
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TDP
165W
TDP
175W
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1x S-Video
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x S-Video
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 1.0
No Decoders
Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
4.1
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GFX
3
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.0
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PureVideo HD
VP1
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
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Height
140 mm (5.51 in)
Width
270 mm (10.63 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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