NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX $599
ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT $200
128 Shaders
768MB GDDR3
575MHz
240 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
601MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.35 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
290 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
350 GFLOPS
FP32
290 GFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
145W
TDP
150W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 21% faster vs Radeon HD 2900 GT
  • 17% slower vs GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTX - 0.35 TOPS INT32
x1.21
Radeon HD 2900 GT - 290 GFLOPS FP32
x1

FP32

  • 21% faster vs Radeon HD 2900 GT
  • 17% slower vs GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTX - 350 GFLOPS FP32
x1.21
Radeon HD 2900 GT - 290 GFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 69% faster vs Radeon HD 2900 GT
  • 41% slower vs GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTX - 86.4GB/s
x1.69
Radeon HD 2900 GT - 51.2GB/s
x1
  • 3% lower vs Radeon HD 2900 GT
  • 3% higher vs GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTX - 145W
x1
Radeon HD 2900 GT - 150W
x1.03
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Family
GeForce 8000
Family
Radeon HD 2000
Codename
NV50
G80
Variant
G80-300-A2
Codename
Pele
R600
Variant
R600 GT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/8/2006
Release Date
11/6/2007
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
90nm
Fabrication Node
80nm
Die Size
484 mm²
Die Size
420 mm²
Transistor Count
681 Million
Transistor Count
720 Million
Transistor Density
1.41M/mm²
Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
128 Shaders
Shading Units
240 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
12 TMUs
Render Output Units
24 ROPs
Render Output Units
12 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
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-
Compute Units
4 CUs
1350MHz Shader
575MHz
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601MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.35 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
290 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
350 GFLOPS
FP32
290 GFLOPS
INT32
0.35 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
13.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
7.212 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
18.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.212 GTexel/s
L1
Unknown
L1
Unknown
L2
96KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
768MB
GDDR3
512MB
GDDR3
Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
900MHz
Transfer Rate
1.8GT/s
Bandwidth
86.4GB/s
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
TDP
145W
TDP
150W
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
No Encoders
No Encoders
No Decoders
Model
UVD 1.0
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-
Codec
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.0
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-
PureVideo HD
VP1
Shader Model
4.0
-
-
GFX
3
-
-
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
-
Power Connectors
-
1x 8-Pin
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
270 mm (10.63 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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