AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 612 MHz
4x more pipelines: 512 vs 128
2.5x better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 171 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 252
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1420 vs 643

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 2 May 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 612 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 128
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 171 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 252
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420 vs 643

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 39.2 billion / sec vs 29.76 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	39.2 billion / sec vs 29.76 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

252

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1420

643

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	252
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420	643
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Cape Verde	G80
Launch date	21 December 2013	2 May 2007
Place in performance rating	612	615
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$829
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	612 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	512	128
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	39.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	681 million
CUDA cores		612
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Length		270 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	103.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
SLI