AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 33.6 billion / sec
  • 4.6x more pipelines: 512 vs 112
  • 3.4x better floating-point performance: 1,126 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 10.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 8.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 49
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1527 vs 463
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 November 2017 vs 29 October 2007
Texture fill rate 35.2 GTexel / s vs 33.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 512 vs 112
Floating-point performance 1,126 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 399 vs 49
PassMark - G3D Mark 1527 vs 463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3346

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • 5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 900 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
399
49
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1527
463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3346
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark 399 49
PassMark - G3D Mark 1527 463
Geekbench - OpenCL 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3346

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Tesla
Code name Vega G92
Launch date 24 November 2017 29 October 2007
Place in performance rating 665 1399
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,126 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 512 112
Texture fill rate 35.2 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 4,500 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR4 GDDR3

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Technologies

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