AMD Radeon R4 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R4 Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 128 vs 112
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 99 vs 49
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 June 2014 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines 128 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 99 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 5.3x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 64% better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 204.8 gflops
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 463 vs 342
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 1811
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 1811
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops vs 204.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 463 vs 342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 1811
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 1811

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
342
463
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
99
49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1811
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1811
3346
Name AMD Radeon R4 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 342 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 99 49
Geekbench - OpenCL 8386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 107.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1811 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1811 3346

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R4 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla
Code name Beema G92
Launch date 11 June 2014 29 October 2007
Place in performance rating 1540 1399
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 204.8 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 128 112
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 930 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit