AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Launch date 26 May 2018 vs 29 October 2007
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • 5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Name AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
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 Vega 3 Efficient NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Tesla
Code name Raven G92
Launch date 26 May 2018 29 October 2007
Place in performance rating not rated 1399
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 112
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec

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
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

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