NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT $200
96 Shaders
384MB GDDR3
550MHz
240 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
601MHz
FP32
0.26 TFLOPS
FP32
0.29 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
105W
TDP
150W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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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
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Family
GeForce 8000
Family
Radeon HD 2000
Codename
NV92
G92
Variant
G92-150-A2
Codename
Pele
R600
Variant
R600 GT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/1/2008
Release Date
11/6/2007
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
65nm
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Die Size
324 mm²
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Die Size
420 mm²
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Transistor Count
754 Million
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Transistor Count
720 Million
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Transistor Density
2.33M/mm²
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
96 Shaders
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Shading Units
240 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
12 TMUs
Render Output Units
12 ROPs
Render Output Units
12 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
12 SMs
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Compute Units
4 CUs
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1375MHz Shader
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550MHz
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601MHz
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FP32
0.26 TFLOPS
FP32
0.29 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.03 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
6.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
7.212 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
26.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.212 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
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Unknown
L2
64KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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384MB
GDDR3
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512MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
38.4GB/s
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
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TDP
105W
TDP
150W
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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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No Decoders
Model
UVD 1.0
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Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
10
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
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Shader Model
4.0
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GFX
3
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
1.0
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 SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
229 mm (9.02 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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