AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
4.6x more pipelines: 512 vs 112
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines	512 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429
PassMark - G3D Mark		463
PassMark - G2D Mark		49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Tesla
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	G92
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	29 October 2007
Place in performance rating	949	1399
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	512	112
Core clock speed		1500 MHz
CUDA cores		112
Floating-point performance		336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		105 Watt
Transistor count		754 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
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
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit