AMD Radeon Vega 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 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, Memory, API support, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 71% higher pipelines: 192 vs 112
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • 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
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 889 vs 463
  • 6.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 303 vs 49
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines 192 vs 112
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 889 vs 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 303 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • 5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3174
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3174
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 3174
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 3174

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
889
463
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
303
49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3174
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3174
3346
Name AMD Radeon Vega 3 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 889 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 303 49
Geekbench - OpenCL 3963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 183.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 60.006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3174 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3174 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 418

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 3 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Tesla
Code name Owl G92
Launch date 13 February 2018 29 October 2007
Place in performance rating 1267 1399
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 192 112
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 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
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way

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

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Technologies

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