NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac
            NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
            
                $299
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac
            
                
            
        
    | 128 Shaders 512MB GDDR3 675MHz | 112 Shaders 512MB GDDR3 600MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 0.43 TOPS INT32 | Peak AI Performance 0.34 TOPS INT32 | 
| FP32 430 GFLOPS | FP32 340 GFLOPS | 
| - - | - - | 
| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 1.0-Slots | 
| TDP 140W | TDP 125W | 
| Power Connectors 2x 6-Pin - - - | Power Connectors 1x 6-Pin - - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
| Peak AI
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                                            0.43 TOPS
                                         
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                                            430 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            0.43 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
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                                            0.34 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
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| Pixel
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                                            10.8 GPixel/s
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                                            9.6 GPixel/s
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| Texture
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                                            43.2 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
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                                            33.6 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerNVIDIA | ManufacturerNVIDIA | 
| Chip DesignerNVIDIA | Chip DesignerNVIDIA | 
| ArchitectureTesla | ArchitectureTesla | 
| FamilyGeForce 9000 | FamilyGeForce 8000 | 
| Codename NV92 G92 Variant G92-420-A2 | Codename NV92 G92 Variant G92-270-A2 | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 4/1/2008 | Release Date 1/1/2008 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node 65nm - | Fabrication Node 65nm - | 
| Die Size 324 mm² - | Die Size 324 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 754 Million - | Transistor Count 754 Million - | 
| Transistor Density 2.33M/mm² - | Transistor Density 2.33M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 128 Shaders - | Shading Units 112 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 64 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 56 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 16 ROPs | Render Output Units 16 ROPs | 
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| - - | - - | 
| Streaming Multiprocessors 16 SMs | Streaming Multiprocessors 14 SMs | 
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| - - | - - | 
| - 1688MHz Shader - 675MHz | - 1500MHz Shader - 600MHz | 
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| L1 - - - Unknown | L1 - - - Unknown | 
| L2 64KB Shared | L2 64KB Shared | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| 512MB GDDR3 - | 512MB GDDR3 - | 
| Bus Width 256Bit | Bus Width 256Bit | 
| Clock 1100MHz Transfer Rate 2.2GT/s Bandwidth 70.4GB/s | Clock 900MHz Transfer Rate 1.8GT/s Bandwidth 57.6GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 140W | TDP 125W | 
| - - | - - | 
| - 1x S-Video - - - - - - 2x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - 2x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Max Resolution 2560x1600 | Max Resolution 2560x1600 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - - - | Variable Refresh Rate - - - | 
| 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 - | No Encoders - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| No Decoders | No Decoders | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Direct X 11 Direct 3D 10_0 | Direct X 11 Direct 3D 10_0 | 
| OpenGL 3.3 OpenCL 1.1 - - | OpenGL 3.3 OpenCL 1.1 - - | 
| Shader Model 4.0 CUDA 1.1 - - PureVideo HD VP2 VDPAU Feature Set A | Shader Model 4.0 CUDA 1.1 - - PureVideo HD VP2 VDPAU Feature Set A | 
| - - - 1x Fan | - - - 1x Fan | 
| Power Connectors - - 2x 6-Pin - - - - | Power Connectors - - 1x 6-Pin - - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 2.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 1.0 PCIe Version 2.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type 3-way SLI | Multi GPU Support Supported Type 2-way SLI | 
| Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 267 mm (10.51 in) Depth 38 mm (1.5 in) | Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 229 mm (9.02 in) Depth 20 mm (0.79 in) | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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